Object Details
Photograph by
Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of
Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
Milt Hinton, American, 1910 - 2000
Leon Berry, American, 1908 - 1941
Description
A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway conducting a band including Milton Hinton and Leon "Chu" Berry, at the Hill City Auditorium in the Savoy Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Calloway stands to the right of the photograph in front of the band and a music stand. He faces the band, who are in the left of the photograph. Most of the band members are seated, but Berry stands with his mouth to his saxophone, facing Calloway. An unidentified man is partially visible in the left foreground of the photograph. In the right background, behind Calloway, people are seated. The back of the photograph has six stickers with barcode, numbers, reproduction information, caption information and a handwritten inscription of numbers.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
Date
July 1941
Object number
2014.302.50
Restrictions & Rights
© Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
gelatin silver prints
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions
H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Place depicted
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Press
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Jazz (Music)
Photography
Singers (Musicians)
U.S. History, 1933-1945
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.302.50