Photograph of Al Moore and Dennie reading Show-Down magazine at the Ubangi Club: Museum Object and Cultural History
Photograph of Al Moore and Dennie reading Show-Down magazine at the Ubangi Club: Date: 1937. Photograph by: Hughey J. Battelle. Subject of: Al Moore.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ubangi Club ballroom dancers, Al Moore and Dennie, reading a copy of Show-Down magazine. Dennie is depicted wearing a black hat, a medium toned double-breasted jacket, a matching calf-length skirt, and pumps. Moore is standing behind her, with his left arm wrapped around her back and his hand resting on her proper left arm. He is wearing a medium tone, pinstriped suit and tie. The two hold a copy of The Show-Down magazine. Both are looking at it and smiling. Behind them is a stage set featuring a facade of close-set buildings. The word [proof] is written across their legs in black ink. There are no inscriptions on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1937
- Photograph by: Hughey J. Battelle
- Subject of: Al Moore
- Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
- Subject of: Ubangi Club, American, 1934 - 1944
- Subject of: The Show-Down, American, founded 1935
- Type: gelatin silver prints
- Type: portraits
- Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (23.1 × 17.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 6 × 8 11/16 in. (15.3 × 22 cm)
- Place captured: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Mass media
- Topic: Nightlife
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2013.46.25.23
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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