Publicity still portrait of Cab Calloway in a zoot suit starring in the all-black-cast musical 'Stormy Weather,' 1943.
Watts, California- Armed with clubs, pipes and bottles, this self-appointed posse of uniformed men was all set to settle the Zoot Suit War when the...
Paul Acevedo stands in his tattered clothing, flanked by two men in zoot suits following the "Battle of Gangland" in Los Angeles, California. Since...
The male college students wear zoot suits about the campus of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, Florida. January 1943. | Location:...
Women's Airforce Service Pilots Lenora Horton and Mildred Axton clown about in their oversized flight suits, which they've dubbed 'Zoot-Suits,' at...
Walker Roberts Henry Campbell and Morris Jackson show off their new "zoot suits" - tuxedos looted from a formalwear shop during the Harlem riot of...
Los Angeles, California- This trio of "sharpies" sport their choice wardrobe at a Los Angeles night club. It is rumored that the cuffs on some zoot...
Crowd of people gathers outside Central Jail in Los Angeles where wearers of 'Zoot Suits' are being held following the 'Zoot Suit Riots' on June 8th,...
Los Angeles, California- Boisterous lads grin from a cell in the Los Angeles jail, as the institution does land office business as a result of the...
Los Angeles, CA- Los Angeles policemen examine draft credentials, as they continue the roundup of zoot-suit suspects in the aftermath of the sixth...
Watts, California- Police officers take this zoot suit clad youngster into custody after the sixth day of undeclared war on the reat pleat in Los...
Group of Hispanic teenagers carry white flags and "surrender" at the Los Angeles central jail during the climax of the Zuit Suit Riots. In June of...
Los Angeles, CA. Watts was a hot spot area in last night's disorders. It was here that a mixed crowd of service men and civilians began what looked...
Denzel Washington as Malcolm X and Spike Lee as Shorty in a scene from Lee's biopic of the African-American activist, 'Malcolm X', 1992.
Some of the first immigrants from the Caribbean island of Jamaica arrive at Tilbury, Essex, on board the Empire Windrush, 22nd June 1948.
Los Angeles, CA- At the General Hospital, Vincent Duarte, 15-year-old zoot suitor was confronted by his mother; Mrs. Vera Duarte Trujillo, and his...
Two dancers, dressed in Zoot suits, perform on stage in front of a band at Club Bali, a jazz club and night club on 14th Street in Washington DC,...
Police officers check draft cards of African American men dressed in zoot suits on the sidewalk of Central Avenue. Police officers patrol the area to...
Los Angeles, CA- Aftermath of a night of pitched battles between service men and Pachucos. Donald Jackson, on operating table, and James R. Phelps,...
Zoot by any other name, a patriot just the same. Two men stand at a soda fountain wearing zoot suits.
Los Angeles, CABettie Morgan waitress, was kicked down, stomped, beaten and her face slashed with a dull razor in an apparent mutilation attempt....
From left to right, zoot-suited hepcats Patsy Hunter, Wynonie Harris, Neva Peoples, and James Burch dance in a publicity still from Republic...
Man wearing the very latest in zoot-suit styles and a hat to match, Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 1943. The new style reflects War Production...
Low angle view of a man wearing a Zoot suit with a watch chain hanging from the waist, his hands in his pockets, United States, circa 1945.
Jamaican-born Mr W 'William' Dickson, wearing a 'zoot suit' as he steps ashore after arriving onboard the Empire Windrush, at the Port of Tilbury, on...
Model walks the runway at the Versace show during Milan Menswear Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2019/20 on January 12, 2019 in Milan, Italy.
Group of hispanic men dressed in Zoot suits stand chained together as they wait to board a Los Angeles County Sheriffs' bus for a court appearance....
Choreographer Patricia Birch gets a free ride backstage at the Winter Garden Theater from Chicano playwright-director Luis Valdez during the...
Los Angeles, California- Los Angeles civic leaders, in a drive to combat juvenile delinquency, converted a deserted night club into the Club Los...
Teenage boys in a subtle version of the zoot suit walk down a city street in 1943, attracting some attention from military and civilian passersby in...
Los Angeles, CAShown here are two youthful zoot suiters as they arrive at Central Jail for questioning by police during last night's zoot suiters...
Washington, DC: These are some representative examples of that amazing new creation; the zoot suit, worn by all bona fide jitterbugs. The WBP cast a...
Jazz Band Leader, Lionel Hampton, draws an alteration markings on the jacket of his trumpeter. The jacket will be altered into a Zoot Suit, which...
Young man dressed in a zoot-suit checks out his image in a store front window, Chicago, Illinois, 1943.
Estrella Esparza, left, katrina Valdez, and Primavera Valdez rehearse Luis Valdez's groundbreaking play, "Zoot Suit," in a LA Theatre Works radio...
Los Angeles, CA: Central Jail was crowded with spectators as they watched Zoot Suiters being taken in. At end of battle more than 60 alleged Zooters...
Dancers from 'Les Ballets Nègres' take a break from rehearsing, London, 1946. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4100 - The Negro Dances - pub....
Composer Leonard Bernstein and model Suzy Hunt Burton attend the opening night party for "Zoot Suit" in New York City on March 25, 1979.
Mason Alexander Park and Alice Kremelberg attend the premiere of Netflix's "Cowboy Bebop" at Goya Studios on November 11, 2021 in Los Angeles,...
Guest is seen outside Yohji Yamamoto during Paris Fashion Week - Womenswear Spring Summer 2021 : Day Five on October 02, 2020 in Paris, France.
Actor Sam McCarthy is seen in his award show look for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on March 31, 2021 in New York City. Due to COVID-19...
Actor Sam McCarthy is seen in his award show look for the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on March 31, 2021 in New York City. Due to COVID-19...