Photograph of Bill Bailey
date: label: Date
content: 1937
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
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 dancing on a stage, in three-quarters profile. He is wearing a light colored suit, white collared shirt, and a medium toned tie. He is also wearing a straw boater hat with a striped band with bow trim. Both of Bailey’s arms are raised and he is looking down towards the stage. There are pencil marks and notations on the front and back of the image. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph, written in pencil, that reads, [Sallye[sic] - / I was by & you were / not home, anyway here / is the picture of Bill maybe / you can have a cut made / from it / Lauri].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Tap dancing
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: 2013.46.25.162
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
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): 7 7/8 × 6 in. (20 × 15.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/2 × 6 7/16 in. (21.6 × 16.4 cm)