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Robeson, Paul, as Joe, during a performance of Showboat, musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, at the Casino Theatre

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2027470

Description

Title: Robeson, Paul, as Joe, during a performance of Showboat, musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, at the Casino Theatre
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Contributor: Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Published / Created: 1932 August 1
Publication Place: New York
Description: In ink verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / Taken during a performance of Show Boat.
Extent: 2 photographic prints
25.3 x 20.3 cm.
b&w
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection/Other Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Date: 1800-1971
Collection Note: Series IV. Photographs. Selected Photographic Prints. Photographic Prints. Events. Performances
Container / Volume: Box 110 | Folder 2053

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Photographic prints
Photographs
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Subject (Topic): African American actors
African American communists
African American political activists
African American singers
African American writers
Musicals

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To contact the Van Vechten Trust, email vanvechtentrust@gmail.com.
Citation: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13211157
Object ID (OID): 2027470

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