- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.2 × 16.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 4 15/16 × 7 1/8 in. (12.5 × 18.1 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway dancing for an audience while another man plays the piano. Calloway is pictured in the center of the image, standing on an open dance floor. He wears a plaid tuxedo jacket, dark colored pants, a white shirt and a dark colored bow tie. He is stepping with his proper right heel on the floor, his proper left leg slightly bent at the knee and his left toes on the floor behind his right foot. He holds a white cloth in his proper left hand, waving it in front of him. He is looking down, with his mouth slightly open. To the right of Calloway, a man is seated playing a piano which is only partially in the frame. He wears a dark colored suit jacket, light colored pants, and a floral patterned tie. His face is turned to look towards Calloway, while the rest of him faces the piano, hands on the keyboard and proper right foot on the pedals. The audience is seated or standing around white cloth covered tables at the edges of the room, around the dance floor. A note adhered to the back of the photograph reads [Hotel / National / in / Cuba].
- Place captured
- Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Dance
- Jazz (Music)
- Musicians
- Nightlife
- Singers (Musicians)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Object number
- 2013.237.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.