Eddie Green, Hadda Brooks, "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Eddie Green, Hadda Brooks, "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Date Created

[1940s?]

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Summary

Eddie Green played the character Eddie the waiter on the radio program Duffy's Tavern.
Frank Sinatra was a singer and actor.
Peg Leg Bates was a dancer who overcame a childhood accident in which he lost his leg.
Hadda Brooks was a jazz singer.

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
L to R: Eddie Green (facing left), Hadda Hopgood Brooks, Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Subjects

People
Entertainment
Arts

African American women jazz singers--California--Los Angeles
Singers--United States
African American actors--California--Los Angeles

Names

Bates, Peg Leg
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998.
Brooks, Hadda
Green, Eddie, 1901-1950

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image