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Frank Machito Grillo portrait collection

Title
Frank Machito Grillo portrait collection [graphic].
Author
Brown Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
Publication
[1940?]-[1949?]

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Grillo, Frank "Machito"Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description
<2> photographic print : gelatin silver, b&w; 21 x 26 cm.
Summary
View of Afro-Cuban band leader and drummer Frank "Machito" Grillo with his band, including his sister, vocalist Graciela, performing on stage at the Savoy Ballroom while people dance the mambo. Also included is a three-quarter length publicity photograph.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Machito
  • Graciela
  • Machito and the Afro-Cubans
  • Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)
  • African Americans > Dance > 1940-1949
  • African Americans > Social life and customs > 1940-1949
  • Jazz musicians > Cuba
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1940-1949.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1949.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Grillo, Frank "Machito"
OCLC
NYPG085000603-F
Author
Brown Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
Title
Frank Machito Grillo portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
[1940?]-[1949?]
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
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Research Call Number
Sc Photo Grillo, Frank "Machito"
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