Bill Robinson ( BoJangles)

Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 full-length photo of Robinson dancing in a suit and tie, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To Harry Ashton In Memory of a pleasant look at at your theatrics. Best wishes always Bill Robinson 10/3/43.” The inscription is a little on the light side but clearly evident. The signed photo is framed and matted with Army Air Base proclamation thanking the same Harry Ashton for entertaining the enlisted men of the army base at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 3rd day of October , 1943.

Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.