Aurora Greeley and Leroy Broomfield (Broomfield and Greeley) performing at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Aurora Greeley and Leroy Broomfield (Broomfield and Greeley) performing at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Dancer Aurora Greeley was best known for working with fellow dancer Leroy Broomfield. Broomfield and Greeley was a dance team that got its start at the Cotton Club in New York.
Dancer Leroy Broomfield worked alongside fellow dancer Aurora Greeley to form the dance team Broomfield and Greeley, which got its start at the Cotton Club in New York.

Description

Aurora Greeley is at the far left (holding up her skirt), and Leroy Broomfield is standing at the microphone. The other dancers are unidentified. Photograph taken at the Club Alabam, on Central Avenue.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
The Club Alabam was located at 4015 S. Central Ave.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Broomfield, Leroy, d. 1971.
Club Alabam (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Broomfield and Greeley
Greeley, Aurora

Location

California--Los Angeles

Longitude

34.010371

Latitude

-118.256883

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
Arts
People

African American dancers
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles