Tap Shoes worn by Maurice Hines
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: brother
content: Hines, Gregory
label: Associated Name
content: Hines, Maurice
label: maker
content: Capezio
notes: label: Description
content: Pair of black leather tap shoes worn by Maurice Hines as a child. In 1948, at the age of five, Hines began attending New York’s Henry LeTang studio, eventually teaming up with his younger brother Gregory. The two began performing in theaters and on television. At times they were joined by their father, Maurice Sr., as "Hines, Hines & Dad". Hines continued in entertainment throughout his life, finding success as a dancer, choreographer, singer, actor and director.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Dance
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
label: Subject
content: African American
label: Subject
content: Children
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0094.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0094
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0094.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tap Shoes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 3 in x 3 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm