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Film still for Cabin in the Sky

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Distributed by

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., founded 1924

    Subject of

    Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
    Eddie Anderson, American, 1905 - 1977

    Description

    A movie still for the 1943 musical film Cabin in the Sky. The photo is in black and white. Starting to the left of the photo is a woman with a large light-colored flower pinned to the front right side of her hair. She is facing forward but her eyes are in the direction of a man to her left. She is wearing a light top with polka dots, hoop earrings, and bracelets on her right forearm. The man to the right of her is wearing a long sleeve collared shirt with the top button unbuttoned and is looking away from the woman. In the bottom right hand corner of the photograph reads the numbers “1267-70."

    Credit Line

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

    Date

    1943

    Object number

    2013.118.160.5

    Restrictions & Rights

    Public domain
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    gelatin silver prints
    film stills

    Medium

    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Dimensions

    H x W (Image): 7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in. (18.7 × 24.3 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 1/16 in. (20.1 × 25.6 cm)

    Place used

    United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film

    Classification

    Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Actors
    Film
    Hollywood (Film)
    Race films
    Segregation

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b747d91f-f855-4bf2-96b8-4ae11d2c74f4

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.118.160.5

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