Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Autographed Photo
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Robinson, Bill Bojangles
label: referenced
content: O'Brien, Margaret
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Matted autographed black and white photograph of Bill Robinson, known as Mr. Bojangles. The photograph is signed with a personalized note that reads, “To Miss Margaret O’Brien – a lovely little lady – Hoping I’ll always be worthy of your friendship – Sincerely and Copesetically Bill Robinson.” Robinson was an American tap dancer and actor active in the first half of the twentieth century. He was the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainer at the time. His career followed the changes in American entertainment and technology, starting in minstrel shows and working his way through vaudeville, Broadway, Hollywood, radio, and television. He is credited with introducing the phrase “everything’s copasetic” into popular culture through his repeated use of it. Margaret O’ Brien is an American actress in film, radio, television, and on stage who had a prolific career as a child actress and won a Juvenile Academy Award in 1944.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0119.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0119
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0119.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (when framed): 18 1/2 in x 16 19/32 in x 1 1/4 in; 46.99 cm x 42.164 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 9 in x 7 in; 22.86 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
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