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

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Title: Bojangles (Bill Robinson) at the Cotton Club, New York, 1930s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1930s?]
1930/1939
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
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.
Type
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0299
299
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025pbzf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: 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
Cotton Club
Robinson, Bill, 1878-1949
Sissle, Ethel
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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