Exotic Dancer, name unknown, c. mid 1950s: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This black and white photograph depicts a woman in dancing in costume. Standing with arms outstretched in the air, she wears a bikini top and bottom with long fringe. She wears a long coat, the ends of which she holds up behind her. There are chairs and tables in the background. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#15."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1955
• Photograph by: Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (24 × 19 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Bebop (Music)
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Object number: 2016.117.15
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
• 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 underlying object's rights statement is: © Linda A. Jackson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.