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Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York)

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Martha Swope photographs

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Series VI. Digitized slides and mounted negatives

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Title
Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York)
Names
Swope, Martha (Photographer)
Collection

Martha Swope photographs

Series VI. Digitized slides and mounted negatives

Theater (and other show titles)

Black Broadway

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-05
Place: New York
Date Created: 1980-05
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: *T-VIM 2010-048
Topics
Newport Jazz Festival
Revues
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Creation/production credits: A Newport Jazz Festival production
Original location: SW-115
Type of Resource
Still image
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19790133
MSS Unit ID: 22827
Other local Identifier: Martha Swope Photographs
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ea2f8f40-5eb9-0131-fe53-58d385a7b928
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Item timeline of events

  • 1980: Created
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7d27c50-5eb9-0131-474b-58d385a7b928

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7d27c50-5eb9-0131-474b-58d385a7b928

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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7d27c50-5eb9-0131-474b-58d385a7b928

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7d27c50-5eb9-0131-474b-58d385a7b928 | title= (still image) Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York), (1980)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=February 7, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Performers (Back L-R) Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Gregory Hines, Elisabeth Welch, Charles "Honi" Coles, Adelaide Hall, Charles "Cookie" Cook, Edith Wilson & Bobby Short, (Front) Nell Carter & John W. Bubbles in a group shot fr. the revue "Black Broadway." (New York)