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CultureAmerican
Titles
  • One of the Family Get Togethers
  • [Group Seated at a Table at the New Club DeLisa, Chicago]
DateFebruary 11, 1956
Place depictedUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 3/16 × 6 1/4 in. (10.6 × 15.9 cm)
Overall: 7 3/16 × 9 3/16 in. (18.2 × 23.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2025.779.107
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2025.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in black ink on original paper frame, recto, top left: PICTURES $1.00 EA. // MINIMUM 2
Printed in black on original paper frame, recto, top center above image: New // CLUB DeLISA // Four Shows Nightly
Printed in black on original paper frame, recto, bottom center below image: “The Harlem of Chicago” // AIR CONDITIONED // Breakfast Dance Every Monday Morning [star] No Cover or Minimum Charge

Inscribed in pencil on original backing, verso: One of // the Family get together // Feb. 11 1956. // Fred + Benny did not go with us // they were mad. But they came [illegible] // to Helen Louise for Breakfast at 5:30 AM // O what a night we had

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