Little Harlem Group Performance Shot
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Date
1930-1939
Description
Group performance picture. Six female dancers, two male. Two couples. Seven piece band. Taken by J. N. Erhart, Commercial Photographer. Gladdess (first dancer from the left). Jean Eldridge, woman in black dress. Eugene Adams, pianist; Wendel Arter, bass (second from right); Jimmie Perkins, drums (first from right). Front Row (left to right): Two dancers, possibly Teddy and Bobby Drinkard. Middle Row: Three dancers; possibly Emory Evans; Jean Eldridge, singer; unknown couple; three dancers. Back Row: Jimmie Perkins and His New Yorkers. Buster Harding?, Marvin Gill, Lee Hilliard, saxophone; Henry Clay, trumpet; Eugene Adams, piano; Wendel Arter, bass; Jimmie Perkins, drums.
Type
Photograph
Region
Western New York
Era
The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
African Americans, Community
Repository
Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
Source
J.N. Erhart (Photographer), “Little Harlem group performance shot,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed October 25, 2022, http://digital.buffalolib.org/document/3
Rights
Digital collection copyright 2016 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. This collection or portions thereof are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

