Bojangles (Bill Robinson) at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s

Item Overview

Title

Bojangles (Bill Robinson) at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s

Date Created

[1930s?]

Date

1930/1939

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Bill Robinson was an American tap dancer and actor on stage and film.
Ethel Sissle (1915-1984) was maried to the band leader Noble Sissle, and later to Walter L. Gordon, Jr.

Description

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson onstage with Cotton Club showgirls. Ethel Sissle (later Gordon) is at the far left.
All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Cotton Club
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Sissle, Ethel

Location

New York (State)--New York

Longitude

40.8190364

Latitude

-73.936972

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
People

Showgirls--New York (State)--New York
Tap dancers--United States
African American dancers
African American actors
Actors--United States
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles