Photographic print of Cab Calloway and his band in a sleeper car
date: label: Date
content: 1933
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 and his band in sleeper car. Calloway and the band are pictured wearing pajamas, while holding their instruments. Calloway is visible in bottom right corner of photograph. [PH6-13] is inscribed in the bottom left corner of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Transportation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
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: 2013.237.14
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): 7 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.6 × 24 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm)