Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club
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Item data
Title
Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1934
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.)
Lunceford, Jimmie
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
African American jazz musicians
Big bands -- United States
Genres
Notes
Content: Based on caption on recto: L-R Earl Carruthers, Eddie Wilson, [Eddie] Tompkins, Sy Oliver, Al Norris, Tommy Stevenson, Jimmie Lunceford, Russell Bowles, Willie [Smith], Joe Thomas, Henry Wells, Jimmy Crawford and Moses Allen.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm ; black and white
Abstract
Group portrait of the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, identified here as Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club, on stage at the Cotton Club, in Harlem, New York, 1934
Languages
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16102326
Photo Order: 58149
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f147e7f0-6744-0135-ba5b-41b125a58abe
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1934
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MLA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1934. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f147e7f0-6744-0135-ba5b-41b125a58abe
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1934). Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f147e7f0-6744-0135-ba5b-41b125a58abe
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Jimmie Lunceford and His Glee Club" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f147e7f0-6744-0135-ba5b-41b125a58abe
Wikipedia citation
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