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PEG LEG BATES (ca. 1935) Vintage original 8x10 b&w photo African American dancer
PEG LEG BATES (ca. 1935) Vintage original 8x10 b&w photo African American dancer

PEG LEG BATES (ca. 1935) Vintage original 8x10 b&w photo African American dancer

$ 237.6

Availability: 88 in stock
  • Size: 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.)
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: See item's description below for specifc details on condition.
  • Format: Gelatin silver print
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    PEG LEG BATES (1935)
    Vintage original 10 x 8" (25 x 20 cm.) black-and-white photo, USA. Clayton 'Peg Leg' Bates was an African American dancer from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was born in 1907, and at an early age he became a street dancer, but he lost one of his legs in a cotton gin accident at the age of 12. He then learned to tap dance with a makeshift wooden peg leg, hence his stage name.
    He was a major vaudeville star from the 1920s to the 1940s. In 1948, he made the first of 20 appearances on
    The Ed Sullivan Show
    , and in 1951, he bought land in the Catskills, and he opened the Peg Leg Bates Country Club, which was the first all-Black club in that area, and over the next decades, many of the greatest African American performers got their starts in that club! He continued appearing on TV and in 1992, Gregory Hines made a biography documentary about him called
    The Dancing Man
    . Mr. Bates passed away in 1998 at the age of 91.
    This promotional photo is by New York photographer James Kriegsmann, who was responsible for many celebrity photos, including shoots with Frank Sinatra, Bill Haley, Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, Ray Conniff and Stevie Wonder.
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    RETURNS:
    If you don't like an item, you can return it for any reason within fourteen days of receipt. It must come back in the same condition as it was sent. I make a full refund less the cost of shipping the item to you.
    AUTHENTICATION:
    My name is Walter Reuben. I have been collecting movie posters since 1978. I have been a full-time dealer since 1982. I have personally handled thousands of rare vintage posters and have sold to collectors, libraries, and museums in all parts of the world. Everything which I sell is fully researched and entirely guaranteed to be completely authentic and as described. A lifetime of experience goes behind every description of every piece which I offer.
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