[Ella Fitzgerald's passport, with black-and-white photoprint]

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Object Details

Creator

United States of America, Department of State (sponsr)

Names

Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised (Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005).

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Collection Creator

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Collection Citation

Ella Fitzgerald Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Issued March 27, 1959. Contains bearer's address: 718 Mo. Sierra Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif. Also contains description of bearer. Passport documents singer's travels. Stamps/Visas include: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. Anonymous passport photograph.

sova.nmah.ac.0584_ref2794

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cfb95f67-ef68-4120-8a63-ab493f79963d

Local Numbers

AC0584-0000001.tif (AC Scan)

General

In Series 9, Box 61, Folder 1.

Exhibitions Note

Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.

Topic

Singers

African American singers

Jazz musicians

Creator

United States of America, Department of State (sponsr)

Culture

African Americans

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Ella Fitzgerald Papers

Ella Fitzgerald Papers / Series 9: Album Jackets and Personal Papers / 9.2: Personal Papers / Identification cards and passports

Extent

1 Item (6-1/8" x 3-7/8".)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Silver gelatin on paper.

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Passports

Collection Rights

The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Passports

Restrictions

Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.

NMAH.AC.0584_ref2794

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cfb95f67-ef68-4120-8a63-ab493f79963d

NMAH.AC.0584

ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1560535212842-1560535213169-0

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