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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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Image ID

1706630


Item data

Title

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

Collection

Nightclubs and theaters

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1938 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Nightclubs and theaters

Subjects

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.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16102326
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eb14e460-c61a-012f-f5e2-58d385a7bc34

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. "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/eb14e460-c61a-012f-f5e2-58d385a7bc34

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/eb14e460-c61a-012f-f5e2-58d385a7bc34

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 November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb14e460-c61a-012f-f5e2-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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