Portrait of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer wearing turban, in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1940
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Title
Portrait of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer wearing turban, in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1940
Collection
Mabel Mercer photograph collection
Names
Mercer, Mabel, 1900-1984 (Collector)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1940 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Mabel Mercer Collection
Shelf locator: Box 1
Subjects
African American singers
Mercer, Mabel, 1900-1984
African American women singers
Women jazz singers
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 17 x 15 cm ; black and white
Original image may have been cropped; emulsion is silvering.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14983854
Photo Order: 55695
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f94f9920-9c64-0133-45c9-00505686d14e
Rights
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer wearing turban, in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1940" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f94f9920-9c64-0133-45c9-00505686d14e
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). Portrait of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer wearing turban, in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1940 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f94f9920-9c64-0133-45c9-00505686d14e
Chicago/Turabian Format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Portrait of cabaret singer Mabel Mercer wearing turban, in Nassau, Bahamas, circa 1940" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f94f9920-9c64-0133-45c9-00505686d14e
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