Dancer Marie Bryant and three unidentified chorus girls, Los Angeles, 1940s

Item Overview

Title

Dancer Marie Bryant and three unidentified chorus girls, 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

Marie Bryant was an American dancer, singer and choreographer, described as "one of the most vivacious black dancers in the United States."

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Photograph likely taken during the time Bryant was working with Duke Ellington in Los Angeles.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Bryant, Marie, 1919-1978

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Entertainment
Arts
People

African American singers--California--Los Angeles
African American dancers