LEADER 07468ckc a2201333 i 4500001 15668701 005 20210505173353.0 007 kh bo 008 201221i19381948nyunnn kneng d 035 15668701 040 CtY-BR |beng |cCtY-BR |edcrmg |erda 043 n-us-ny 079 1241213242 245 00 [Photographs of Café Society nightclub]. 264 0 [New York, New York], |c[circa 1938-1948] 300 296 photographs : |bblack and white prints ; |c21 x 26 cm and smaller (in 3 boxes) 336 still image |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 sheet |2rdacarrier 506 0 This material is open for research. 545 Café Society was a racially integrated nightclub founded by Barney Josephson. It operated in New York City from 1938 to 1948. 520 296 black and white photographs taken at Café Society in New York City, circa 1938-1948. Photographs capture actors, actresses, artists, authors, musicians, politicians, reformers, and socialites dining and dancing at Café Society. Includes portraits of George Abbott, Gracie Allen, Desi Arnaz, Jean Pierre Aumont, Mildred Bailey, Lucille Ball, Count Basie, Jack Benny, Arnold Blanch, Jesse Block, Joan Blondell, George Burns, Charlie Chaplin, Miguel Covarrubias, Xavier Cugat, Benjamin J. Davis, Adolf Dehn, Tommy Dorsey, Elspeth Eric, Benny Fields, Henry Fonda, Arlene Francis, Martin Gabel, John Garfield, Benny Goodman, Betty Grable, Lil Green, Rita Hayworth, Henry James, Barney Josephson, Danny Kaye, Elizabeth Kenny, Kay Kyser, Doris Lee, Sinclair Lewis, Gertrude Niessen, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Martha Raye, Anton Refregier, Cesar Romero, Eleanor Roosevelt, Budd Schulberg, Hazel Scott, Blossom Seeley, Artie Shaw, Frank Sinatra, Eva Sully, Gloria Swanson, Victor Thall, Lana Turner, Rudy Vallée, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Gloria Vanderbilt, Diana Vreeland, James John Walker, Earl Wilson, and Vera Zorina. Also includes photographs of Anton Refregier's painted murals on the interior walls of Café Society. 561 Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries sale 2471, New York, 2018 March 28, lot 298) on the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts & Letters Fund, 2018. 546 Captions in English. 500 Title devised by cataloger. 500 Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger. 500 Typescript and manuscript captions on versos. 524 Photographs of Café Society Nightclub. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 600 10 Abbott, George, |d1887-1995 |vPortraits. 600 10 Allen, Gracie, |d1902-1964 |vPortraits. 600 10 Arnaz, Desi, |d1917-1986 |vPortraits. 600 10 Aumont, Jean Pierre |vPortraits. 600 10 Bailey, Mildred |vPortraits. 600 10 Ball, Lucille, |d1911-1989 |vPortraits. 600 10 Basie, Count, |d1904-1984 |vPortraits. 600 10 Benny, Jack, |d1894-1974 |vPortraits. 600 10 Blanch, Arnold, |d1896-1968 |vPortraits. 600 10 Block, Jesse, |d1900-1983 |vPortraits. 600 10 Blondell, Joan |vPortraits. 600 10 Burns, George, |d1896-1996 |vPortraits. 600 10 Chaplin, Charlie, |d1889-1977 |vPortraits. 600 10 Covarrubias, Miguel, |d1904-1957 |vPortraits. 600 10 Cugat, Xavier, |d1900-1990 |vPortraits. 600 10 Davis, Benjamin J. |q(Benjamin Jefferson), |d1903-1964 |vPortraits. 600 10 Dehn, Adolf, |d1895-1968 |vPortraits. 600 10 Dorsey, Tommy, |d1905-1956 |vPortraits. 600 10 Eric, Elspeth, |d1906-1993 |vPortraits. 600 10 Fields, Benny, |d1894-1959 |vPortraits. 600 10 Fonda, Henry, |d1905-1982 |vPortraits. 600 10 Francis, Arlene |vPortraits. 600 10 Gabel, Martin, |d1912-1986 |vPortraits. 600 10 Garfield, John |vPortraits. 600 10 Goodman, Benny, |d1909-1986 |vPortraits. 600 10 Grable, Betty, |d1916-1973 |vPortraits. 600 10 Green, Lil, |d1919-1954 |vPortraits. 600 10 Hayworth, Rita, |d1918-1987 |vPortraits. 600 10 James, Harry, |d1916-1983 |vPortraits. 600 10 Josephson, Barney |vPortraits. 600 10 Kaye, Danny |vPortraits. 600 10 Kenny, Elizabeth, |d1886-1952 |vPortraits. 600 10 Kyser, Kay |vPortraits. 600 10 Lee, Doris, |d1905-1983 |vPortraits. 600 10 Lewis, Sinclair, |d1885-1951 |vPortraits. 600 10 Niessen, Gertrude |vPortraits. 600 10 Powell, Adam Clayton, |cJr., |d1908-1972 |vPortraits. 600 10 Raye, Martha |vPortraits. 600 10 Refregier, Anton, |d1905-1979. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87146580 600 10 Refregier, Anton, |d1905-1979 |vPortraits. 600 10 Romero, Cesar, |d1907-1994 |vPortraits. 600 10 Roosevelt, Eleanor, |d1884-1962 |vPortraits. 600 10 Schulberg, Budd |vPortraits. 600 10 Scott, Hazel |vPortraits. 600 10 Seeley, Blossom, |d1891-1974 |vPortraits. 600 10 Shaw, Artie, |d1910-2004 |vPortraits. 600 10 Sinatra, Frank, |d1915-1998 |vPortraits. 600 10 Sully, Eva, |d1901-1990 |vPortraits. 600 10 Swanson, Gloria, |d1897-1983 |vPortraits. 600 10 Thall, Victor, |d1902- |vPortraits. 600 10 Turner, Lana, |d1921-1995 |vPortraits. 600 10 Vallée, Rudy, |d1901-1986 |vPortraits. 600 10 Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne, |d1912-1999 |vPortraits. 600 10 Vanderbilt, Gloria, |d1924-2019 |vPortraits. 600 10 Vreeland, Diana |vPortraits. 600 10 Walker, James John, |d1881-1946 |vPortraits. 600 10 Wilson, Earl, |d1907-1987 |vPortraits. 600 10 Zorina, Vera |vPortraits. 610 20 Café Society (Nightclub) |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00025820 610 20 Café Society (Nightclub) |vPictorial works. 650 0 Actors |zUnited States |vPortraits. 650 0 Actresses |zUnited States |vPortraits. 650 0 African American musicians |vPortraits. 650 0 African American politicians |vPortraits. 650 0 Artists |zNew York (State) |zNew York |vPortraits. 650 0 Authors, American |y20th century |vPortraits. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114059 650 0 Entertainers |zUnited States |vPortraits. 650 0 Musicians |zUnited States |vPortraits. 650 0 Nightclubs |zNew York (State) |zNew York. 650 0 Nightclubs |zNew York (State) |zNew York |vPictorial works. 650 0 Politicians |zNew York (State) |zNew York |vPortraits. 650 0 Reformers |vPortraits. 650 0 Socialites |zNew York (State) |zNew York |vPortraits. 651 0 New York (N.Y.) |xSocial life and customs |y20th century. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108455 651 0 New York (N.Y.) |xSocial life and customs |y20th century |vPictorial works. 655 7 Gelatin silver prints. |2aat 655 7 Photographs. |2aat 656 7 Actors |zUnited States. |2lcsh 656 7 Actresses |zUnited States. |2lcsh 656 7 Artists |zUnited States. |2lcsh 656 7 Authors |zUnited States |y20th century. |2lcsh 656 7 Entertainers |zUnited States. |2lcsh 656 7 Musicians |zUnited States. |2lcsh 852 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT 902 Beinecke Library |bLSF- BEINECKE >> JWJ MSS 281|DELIM|15644897 907 2020-12-21T15:59:02.000Z