Object Details
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Ubangi Club ballroom dancers, Al Moore and Dennie, reading a copy of Show-Down magazine. Dennie is depicted wearing a black hat, a medium toned double-breasted jacket, a matching calf-length skirt, and pumps. Moore is standing behind her, with his left arm wrapped around her back and his hand resting on her proper left arm. He is wearing a medium tone, pinstriped suit and tie. The two hold a copy of The Show-Down magazine. Both are looking at it and smiling. Behind them is a stage set featuring a facade of close-set buildings. The word [proof] is written across their legs in black ink. There are no inscriptions on the back.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Hughey J. Battelle
- Subject of
- Al Moore
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Ubangi Club, American, 1934 - 1944
- The Show-Down, American, founded 1935
- Date
- 1937
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (23.1 × 17.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 6 × 8 11/16 in. (15.3 × 22 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
