Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers

Mildred E. Hatry

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Katherine Dunham founded America’s first African American dance company, which was active from the 1930s through the 1950s. Dunham and her company performed in numerous successful productions, including Cabin in the Sky on Broadway (1940) and the Hollywood musical Stormy Weather (1943). The Stage Door Canteen was a Times Square nightclub that inspired a Hollywood film, featuring Dunham, Ethel Merman, and other star performers of the day.

Caption

Mildred E. Hatry American, 1893–1973. Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers, November 1943. Carbon bromide print, Sheet and image: 10 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.8 × 33.2 cm) frame: 17 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (43.2 × 58.1 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry, 55.187.7. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.187.7.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Stage Door Canteen; Dunham Dancers

Date

November 1943

Medium

Carbon bromide print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

Sheet and image: 10 9/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.8 × 33.2 cm) frame: 17 × 22 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (43.2 × 58.1 × 4.4 cm)

Signatures

Signed

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harry Hatry

Accession Number

55.187.7

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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