Photograph of a female dancer in costume: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female dancer in costume performing at the Rose Room. The dancer is depicted standing on a raised stage. She is wearing a satin bikini top lined with two rows of sequins, a sequined collar, sequined lined cuffs, and long, polka dot skirt with a sequin lined waistband. She is wearing a spade-shaped, sequin lined headdress with a waist length veil that falls behind her. In the background are audience members seated around tables. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1952-1953
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: Rose Room, American
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.5 × 18.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/16 in. (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
• Place captured: Cliffwood, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.46.25.98
• 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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