Lobby card for Tamango
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| Caption | This lobby card for Tamango depicts three people, two men and one woman on the deck of a ship. The first man is shirtless and shackled by his wrists to the deck. The woman is pouring something in his mouth from a bowl. The woman is wearing gold jewelry and a red head wrap matching her red dress. The third man is standing behind the woman dressed in a white shirt and light-coloured slacks as he looks at the first man and woman depicted. A smaller inset white square in the lower right corner has a line drawing of a woman struggling in a man's arms. Black, red and blue text reads "Dorothy/ Dandridge Curt/ Jürgen’s/ The story they said/ could never be filmed! / Tamango.". Date: 1950s. Record ID: nmaahc_2013.118.142.7. |
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| Creator | unknown |
| Artwork medium | ink on paper (fiber product) |
| Credit | Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture |
| Terms of use | Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) |
| Search stock images by keyword | Lobby card Tamango depicts people men woman deck ship Trans Atlantic slave trade Independent films Race relations |
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| YSH000625 | 8,427 x 6,608 pixels | 44 |
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