Photographic print of Cab Calloway

Object Details

Photograph by: Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994; Milt Hinton, American, 1910 - 2000; Leon Berry, American, 1908 - 1941

Description: A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway conducting a band including Milton Hinton and Leon "Chu" Berry, at the Hill City Auditorium in the Savoy Ballroom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Calloway stands to the right of the photograph in front of the band and a music stand. He faces the band, who are in the left of the photograph. Most of the band members are seated, but Berry stands with his mouth to his saxophone, facing Calloway. An unidentified man is partially visible in the left foreground of the photograph. In the right background, behind Calloway, people are seated. The back of the photograph has six stickers with barcode, numbers, reproduction information, caption information and a handwritten inscription of numbers.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris

July 1941

Restrictions & Rights: © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive; Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place depicted: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Photographs and Still Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Black Press; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Photography; Singers (Musicians); U.S. History, 1933-1945

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