Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photographic print of Cab Calloway and his band in a sleeper car
1933
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway and his band in sleeper car. Calloway and the band are pictured wearing pajamas, while holding their instruments. Calloway is visible in bottom right corner of photograph. [PH6-13] is inscribed in the bottom left corner of the photograph. The back of the photograph is blank.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2013.237.14
