Promotional photo of Cab Calloway in a white tuxedo
date: label: Date
content: 1930s - 1950s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph promotional photograph of Cab Calloway. Calloway is pictured is pictured standing on the right side of the photograph, wearing a white tuxedo with tailcoat, and casting a large shadow upon the wall behind him. His arms are raised, palms facign out, his knees bent, leaning back slightly with his mouth open and gaze looking up. At the bottom left corner of the image is the photographer's signature: [C(illlegible) / la Habana]. Printed below the image on the left side is [CAB CALLOWAY] and at the right [CAB CALLOWAY INC. / 1619 BROADWAY / NEW YORK, N.Y.]. In smaller print in the very bottom right corner is printed [MOSS PHOTO SERVICE, INC..350 W. 50TH ST..NEW YORK 19..N.Y.]. There are marks or inscriptions on the back.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.237.19
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. (22.6 × 18.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)