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

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Title: Four Step Brothers tap dancing troupe, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940/1949
[1940s?]
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: 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.
Type
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0301
301
Collection 1867 Box 2 Folder 4
ark:/21198/zz0025pc1z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Dancers--United States
African American dancers
Spencer, Prince
Anderson, Maceo
Four Step Brothers (Dance troupe)
Williams, Al, dancer
McDonald, Rufus
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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