Photograph of Bill Bailey
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: K. Progress
label: Distributed by
content: Nat Nazarro, American, 1902 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Bill Bailey, American, 1912 - 1978
notes: label: Description
content: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Bill Bailey. Bailey is depicted standing on a small podium with his proper right leg propped up on his proper left knee while he ties his proper right shoe. He is looking off to the left edge of the image. He is wearing a dark colored suit, black tie, white shirt, bowler hat, and tap shoes. In the lower right hand corner the photographer’s mark is printed in the negative, [K. Progress / N.Y.]. In the lower right quadrant of the front of the image is a handwritten inscription in blue ink that reads, [To Laure / For Bill / I think he'd / like this - Huh! / Bill Bailey / (Pearl)]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [BILL BAILEY]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [NAT NAZARRO MANAGEMENT / 1619 Broadway / New York City]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.25.41
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (22.5 × 18.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 3/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.9 × 20.4 cm)