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Gladys Bentley: America's Greatest Sepia Player -- The Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Unidentified

    Printed by

    Unidentified

    Distributed by

    Harry Walker Agency, American, founded 1946

    Subject of

    Gladys Bentley, American, 1907 - 1960

    Description

    Black and white photographic postcard of the singer and musician Gladys Bentley dressed in a men's white tuxedo and white top hat, holding a cane at her side tucked under her arm. The phrase: "America's Greatest Sepia Player" is printed down the left side of the postcard and the phrase: "The Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs" is printed down the right side of the postcard.

    Credit Line

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

    Date

    1946 - 1949

    Object number

    2011.57.25.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Public domain
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    gelatin silver prints
    portraits
    photographic postcards

    Medium

    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on cardboard

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture 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
    Blues (Music)
    Entertainers
    Instrumentalists (Musicians)
    Photography
    Singers (Musicians)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0abe01f-8fb7-49a6-b499-8099d4b7408b

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2011.57.25.1

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