Image of Cab Calloway performing in a production of Porgy & Bess

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B & W photograph of Cab Calloway performing in a production of Porgy and Bess as the character Sportin' Life. Calloway is depicted in the center of the image, wearing a white suit and is holding a white hat in his proper right hand. His mouth is open in song and he is looking down where several men kneeling in front of him appear to be gambling. Behind him is a woman in an apron standing on the porch of a house. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.

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