Souvenir photograph of Robert and Ellen Love Scurlock at Cafe Zanzibar

Source catalog description

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A black and white photograph (TA2014.306.4.3.3a) of Robert and Ellen Love Scurlock. The are pictured seated at a table at teh Cafe Zanzibar in New York, New York. Unidentified men sit at the tables on either side of the Scurlocks. The back of the photograph has a number written in pencil and a stamp of the date. The photograph is enclosed in a cover from Cafe Zanzibar (TA2014.306.4.3.3b). The cover has a animal print background and a drawing a woman dressed in a hula outfit sitting on a coconut. Text at the bottom right reads: [cafe ZANZIBAR]. The back of the cover has the address of the cafe and information about the photographer's studio.

Catalog date

August 16, 1946

Recorded places

Cafe Zanzibar, Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Families; Nightlife; Photography; Social life and customs

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