Loose pages from a Cotton Club program

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Loose, unnumbered, pages from a Cotton Club program featuring photographs of Cotton Club performers and musicians, as well as reviews, and two (2) articles also about the Cotton Club. 2013.46.25.270a: Four (4) loose, unnumbered, Cotton Club program pages. A full length black-and-white photograph of Cab Calloway is depicted on the front page. He is standing in a spotlight, wearing a white tuxedo with tails. His arms are raised and he is holding a conductor’s baton in his proper right hand. He is looking up towards the top of the image and smiling with his mouth open. In the bottom right corner is the photographer’s credit that reads, [Portrait by James J. Kriegsman[sic]]. The interior left page features three (3) black-and-white images laid out diagonally from the top left corner to the top to the bottom right corner.

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