Print of Cab Calloway and his band performing on stage
date: label: Date
content: 1940s - 1960s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway performing on stage with his band. Calloway is pictured standing on the left side of the image, turned towards stage left and leaning forward to sing into a microphone, holding the tilted microphone stand in both hands. He wears a light colored suit and shoes. Behind him and to the right on a slightly raised platform are the band members, playing (from left to right) the piano, upright bass, trombone, and three saxophones, with the drummer behind them. All wear matching grey colored suits, dark colored bow ties and white pocket squares. They sit behind stands with three vertical stripes and [CC] in the upper left. The stage behind them has elaborate columns and decorative elements. The first few rows of the audience are visible in the bottom foreground of the image.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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: 2013.237.9
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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): 4 5/16 × 6 5/8 in. (10.9 × 16.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 4 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (11.6 × 17.5 cm)