Birthday party at the Cotton Club, New York City, 1930s

Item Overview

Title

Birthday party at the Cotton Club, New York City, 1930s

Photographer

Sissle, Ethel

Date Created

[1930s?]

Date

1930/1939

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Summary

Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.
Clarence Robinson was a choreographer associated with the Cotton Club.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Photograph of a birthday party at the Cotton Club in New York. Clarence Robinson is third from the left; man second from the left was identified as a gangster and the guest of honor. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified. Photograph is believed to have been taken by Ethel (Sissle) Gordon, although the woman cutting the cake is possibly Ethel.

Caption

Handwritten caption: "Birthday Party, Cotton Club"

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Cotton Club
Robinson, Clarence

Location

New York (State)--New York

Longitude

40.8190364

Latitude

-73.936972

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Youth
Culture

Chorus girls
Nightclubs--New York (State)--New York
Parties--California--Los Angeles
Choreographers--New York (State)--New York