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Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers
Mildred E. Hatry
Photography
Katherine Dunham founded America’s first African American dance company, which was active from the 1930s through the 1950s. Dunham and her company performed in numerous successful productions, including Cabin in the Sky on Broadway (1940) and the Hollywood musical Stormy Weather (1943). The Stage Door Canteen was a Times Square nightclub that inspired a Hollywood film, featuring Dunham, Ethel Merman, and other star performers of the day.
MEDIUM
Carbon bromide print
DATES
November 1943
DIMENSIONS
Sheet and image: 10 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.8 × 33.2 cm)
frame: 17 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (43.2 × 58.1 × 4.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed
COLLECTIONS
Photography
ACCESSION NUMBER
55.187.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mildred E. Hatry (American, 1893–1973). Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers, November 1943. Carbon bromide print, Sheet and image: 10 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.8 × 33.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry, 55.187.7. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.187.7.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 55.187.7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2003
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