Four Step Brothers tap dancing troupe, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Four Step Brothers tap dancing troupe, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Date

1940/1949

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
The Four Step Brothers was a troupe of tap dancers, who performed from the 1920s until the 1960s. The four men in the photograph are most likely Al Williams, Prince Spencer (top left), Rufus "Flash" McDonald and Maceo Anderson. They are either disembarking from or boarding a Trans World Airlines (TWA) airplane.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Spencer, Prince
Anderson, Maceo
Four Step Brothers (Dance troupe)
Williams, Al, dancer
McDonald, Rufus

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment

Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Dancers--United States
African American dancers