Legacies Project Oral History: Nellie Hill Trapp
Born in 1922, Nellie Harrell grew up in Richmond, Virginia. She began dancing at age 14, and moved to New York City a few years. During the height of her career as a noted singer, dancer, and entertainer, she went by her married name Nellie Hill. Hill performed in early music videos called “soundies,” appeared on the cover of Jet Magazine, and frequented Black clubs such as New York’s Kelly’s Stables and Detroit’s Flame Show Bar and 20 Grand. In the 1950s she married James Trapp and had three children. After retiring, she volunteered at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Nellie Trapp was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.
Canadian Inuit Sculpture of a Walrus from Eskimo Art, Inc., July 1971 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1971
Canadian Inuit Sculpture from Eskimo Art, Inc., July 1971 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1971
Photograph of Print, 'Goose Fighting For Fish' by Lucy Qinnuayuak from Eskimo Art, Inc., March 1967 Photographer: Cecil Lockard
Year:
1971
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