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Photograph of Cab Calloway

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Unidentified

    Subject of

    Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994

    Description

    A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted seated, from the waist up. His body is depicted in profile, facing the left edge of the image, and his head is turned slightly towards the viewer. He is smiling and he holds a conductor’s baton with both hand in his lap. He is wearing a white tuxedo jacket, white pants, and a white bow tie. There is a white pocket square in his proper left breast pocket. He is shown against a solid black background. In the bottom right corner of the front of the photograph is an inscription in black ink that reads, [Hi – de – Ho / Cab Calloway.]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    ca. 1930

    Object number

    2013.46.25.251

    Restrictions & Rights

    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    gelatin silver prints
    portraits

    Medium

    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Dimensions

    H x W (Image): 5 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (12.9 × 8 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Movement

    Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Conductors (Musicians)
    Entertainers
    Jazz (Music)
    Singers (Musicians)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a64df61c-b51e-4b55-96d7-3c537aaa0222

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.46.25.251

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