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Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Nightclubs and theaters

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Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938
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Nightclubs and theaters

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1938 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Nightclubs and theaters
Topics
African Americans -- Social life and customs
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
African American dancers
Nightclubs -- New York (State) -- New York
Stripteasers
Chorus girls
Cotton Club
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: SC-CN-96-0165
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: B ; 31 x 23 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16102326
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eb14e460-c61a-012f-f5e2-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1938: Created
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d31b4da-3cc7-7613-e040-e00a18065093

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d31b4da-3cc7-7613-e040-e00a18065093

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1938). Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6d31b4da-3cc7-7613-e040-e00a18065093

Wikipedia Citation

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Exotic dancers from the "Cotton Club Parade," featured at the Cotton Club, Broadway and West 48th Street, New York, ca. 1938