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Cab Calloway [and his orchestra] [graphic].
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Creator
Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer.
Title
Cab Calloway [and his orchestra] [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1935
Date
1935
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 8 x 10 in.
Description
Group portrait depicting orchestra leader and singer Cab Calloway and his African American orchestra waving goodbye alongside an United Air Lines plane. Calloway stands at the top of the boarding steps next to a white woman flight attendant and waves his left hand. The men, attired in suits and many holding hats, smile and wave at the viewer. Cabell Calloway III (1907–1994) was an American jazz singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader, conductor and actor.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on verso.
Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
Cab Calloway Orchestra.
African American men.
African American musicians -- United States.
Airplanes -- United States.
Orchestras.
Stewards.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1930-1940.
Group portraits -- 1930-1940.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Photo-Illustrators-Non-Philadelphia-Afro-Americana
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African American History Photographs
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