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Photograph of two chorus girls from Club Plantation

ca. 1933

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of two (2) chorus girls from Club Plantation. The women are depicted standing in front of a building, embracing each other. The woman on the right is Chickie Collins. Their bodies are depicted in profile, and their heads are turned towards the viewer. The women are wearing matching white, short sleeve shirts, and dark, wide legged sailor pants with white side buttons and pockets. Two white labels with printed black text, adhered to the bottom left and right corners of the front of the photograph read, [-Club Plantation,] and [Collins, [---?] / Chorine[?]]. There is a stamp in black ink on the back of the photograph that reads, [740]. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2013.46.25.253

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