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Print of Cab Calloway with his band and dancers onstage at the Cotton Club

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A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white tops with black and white vertically striped shorts. Calloway's band is also visible in the background.
Format:
Silver And Photographic Gelatin On Photographic Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Calloway, Cab
  4. Composers (Musicians)
  5. Conductors (Musicians)
  6. Cotton Club
  7. Dance
  8. Entertainers
  9. Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
  10. Jazz (Music)
  11. Music
  12. Nightlife
  13. Popular Music
  14. Segregation
  15. Singers (Musicians)
  16. Stereotypes

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