Print of Cab Calloway and his band performing on stage: Museum Object and Cultural History
Print of Cab Calloway and his band performing on stage: Date: 1940s - 1960s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway performing on stage with his band. Calloway is pictured standing on the left side of the image, turned towards stage left and leaning forward to sing into a microphone, holding the tilted microphone stand in both hands. He wears a light colored suit and shoes. Behind him and to the right on a slightly raised platform are the band members, playing (from left to right) the piano, upright bass, trombone, and three saxophones, with the drummer behind them. All wear matching grey colored suits, dark colored bow ties and white pocket squares. They sit behind stands with three vertical stripes and [CC] in the upper left. The stage behind them has elaborate columns and decorative elements. The first few rows of the audience are visible in the bottom foreground of the image.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1940s - 1960s
- 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): 4 5/16 × 6 5/8 in. (10.9 × 16.9 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 4 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (11.6 × 17.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2013.237.9
- 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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