- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.6 × 24 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway and his band in sleeper car. Calloway and the band are pictured wearing pajamas, while holding their instruments. Calloway is visible in bottom right corner of photograph. [PH6-13] is inscribed in the bottom left corner of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Advertising
- Band (Music)
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Dance
- Jazz (Music)
- Musicians
- Singers (Musicians)
- Transportation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- 2013.237.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




