Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Exotic Dancer, name unknown, c. mid 1950s
ca. 1955
Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
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.
This black and white photograph depicts a woman in dancing in costume. Standing with arms outstretched in the air, she wears a bikini top and bottom with long fringe. She wears a long coat, the ends of which she holds up behind her. There are chairs and tables in the background. On the back of the photograph is a green sticker with handwritten text that reads "#15."
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2016.117.15
