Photograph of Gladys Bentley

Object Details

Description: A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of entertainer Gladys Bentley. Bentley is depicted standing in three quarters profile with her head turned towards the viewer, and her proper right foot forward. She is wearing a white tuxedo, top hat, and she is holding a cane under her proper right arm. A bar with bottles lining the shelves is the background. There is a low, white, metal rail on either side of Bentley. The photographer's mark, printed in the negative, located at the bottom right corner reads, [Canell [?]/ / NY. There are also additional pencil notations written on the back of the photograph.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

ca. 1940

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (23.7 × 18.6 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 × 7 15/16 in. (25.4 × 20.2 cm)

Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Movement: Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
Exhibition: Musical Crossroads
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Blues (Music); Entertainers; Instrumentalists (Musicians); Nightlife; Photography; Theatre

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4ed5913-7772-4d5a-b15d-ca5a6fd01adb