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Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s

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1711653


Item data

Title

Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s

Collection

Negro Actors Guild of America photograph collection
Personalities, 1900s-1980s

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1940 - 1949 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Negro Actors Guild of America Collection

Subjects

African American entertainers
African American musicians
African American singers
Associations, institutions, etc -- African American membership
African Americans -- Social life -- 1900-1999
Eating & drinking -- United States -- 1900-1999
Daniels, Billy, 1915-1988
Bentley, Gladys
Roberts, Luckey, 1887-1968
Tondaleyo

Genres

Photographs

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: b ; 10 x 17 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14907047
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c327e9c0-c618-012f-64af-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940 - 1949. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c327e9c0-c618-012f-64af-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940 - 1949). Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c327e9c0-c618-012f-64af-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c327e9c0-c618-012f-64af-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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