Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers from the movie The Singing Kid: Museum Object and Cultural History
Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers from the movie The Singing Kid: Date: 1936; printed 1970s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white tops with black and white vertically striped shorts. Calloway's band is also visible in the background.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1936; printed 1970s
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 3 11/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9.4 × 12 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
- Place captured: California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Nightlife
- Topic: Popular music
- Object number: 2013.237.12
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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