Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers
Mildred E. Hatry
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
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.
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) frame: 17 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (43.2 × 58.1 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry, 55.187.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Not on view
Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers
Date
November 1943
Medium
Carbon bromide print
Classification
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)
Signatures
Signed
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry
Accession Number
55.187.7
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