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Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton
Collection

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Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1949 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Calloway, Cab
Topics
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
African American singers
African American conductors (Music)
African American jazz musicians
Genres
Portraits
Photographs
Notes
Content: Printed caption on print recto: Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. Cab Calloway, Inc., 1619 Broadway, New York City
Numbering: Identification number 361
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16819138
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11487610
Photo Order: 58949
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b5a24890-133e-0136-8fd8-6387865947d7
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1940: Created (Approximate)
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940 - 1949. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a51e2e90-1346-0136-5cc0-25c8cf7e5a5c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a51e2e90-1346-0136-5cc0-25c8cf7e5a5c

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940 - 1949). Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a51e2e90-1346-0136-5cc0-25c8cf7e5a5c

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Candid portrait of singer and bandleader Cab Calloway with baton