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Photographic print of Cab Calloway

African American Museum

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    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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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    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

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58e0dc334-d3f2-4473-82ea-d38a4fa27f24

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.302.50

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