Campbell, E. Simms (Elmer Simms), 1906-1971, creator
Call Number:
BrSides Double Folio 2016 34
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN BrSides Double Folio 2016 34: Mounted on board. Stamp in upper left corner, "Manhattan." Scant manuscript annotations at bottom.
Subject (Geographic):
Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New York (State), and New York
Subject (Name):
Cotton Club., Connie’s Inn (New York, N.Y.), Small’s Paradise (Nightclub : Harlem, New York, N.Y.), Lafayette Theater (New York, N.Y. : 132nd Street), Club Hot-Cha (New York, N.Y.), Yeah Man (Nightclub : New York, N.Y.), Tillie's (Nightclub : New York, N.Y.), Radium Club (New York, N.Y.), Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Bentley, Gladys, Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949, and Tucker, Snakehips
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, African American neighborhoods, Nightclubs, and Harlem Renaissance
BEIN JWJ Zan C135 M931C: "Cotton Club supper snacks" (menu) contains manuscript inscription to "Mr. Calloway" from Peter Jaffray, Toronto Canada, "a friend of Ed Provan."
Circa 300 photographs compiled by Dora Bacote, circa 1923-1960. Images document Bacote’s family and friends living in New York City and New Jersey. Also includes circa 50 photographs of African American entertainers who performed at the Cotton Club in...
Description:
Dora Bacote (1905-) was an African American singer who performed at the Cotton Club in the 1930s. Bacote is listed as a cast member in the 1934 Broadway play "Africana".
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State), New York, New Jersey, United States, and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Alvis, Hayes, 1907-1972, Anderson, Ivie, Andrews, Avis, Bacote, Dora, 1905-, Banks, Billy, -1967, Beane, Reginald, Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Horne, Lena, Kahloah, McDaniel, Floyd, Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975, Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964., Washington, George Dewey, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Whitman, Ernest, Cotton Club., Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Nicholas Brothers
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American musicians, African American singers, African American women, African Americans, Entertainers, Musicians, and Singers
