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[Billie Holiday singing : black-and-white photoprint]

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[Billie Holiday singing : black-and-white photoprint]
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Object Details

Names

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Collection Interviewee

Sun Ra (1914-1993)
Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
Taylor, Billy

Collection Collector

Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-

Collection Interviewee

Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987
Wells, Ronnie
Whiting, Margaret
Towers, Jack
Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978
Pullen, Don, 1941-
Roney, Wallace
Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-
Pizzarelli, John, 1960-
Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004
Shepp, Archie, 1937-
Sanders, Pharaoh
Grant, Felix, 1918-1993
Scott, Jimmy
McPhail, Jimmy
McPartland, Marian
McFerrin, Bobby
Krall, Diana
O'Connell, Helen
Mulligan, Gerry
Metheny, Pat
McShann, Jay
Horn, Shirley, 1934-
Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000
Hill, Andrew, 1937-
Hendricks, Jon, 1921-
Keane, Helen
Kaminsky, Max, 1908-
Jordan, Sheila, 1928-
Humes, Helen, 1913-1981
Hampton, Lionel
Harris, Eddie, 1934-
Heath, Jimmy, 1926-
Frishberg, Dave
Ennis, Ethel
Farmer, Art, 1928-
Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-
Hampton, Slide
D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-
Daniels, Billy
Davison, Bill
Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-
Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020
Conyers, John, 1929-
Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003
Byard, Jaki
Brown, Ruth
Carter, Betty, 1930-
Byron, Don
Betts, Keter, 1928-
Bellson, Louis
Bowie, Lester, 1941-
Blakey, Art, 1919-1990
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000
Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000
Bailey, Benny, 1925-

Collection Citation

W. Royal Stokes Collection of Jazz Musicians' Photographs, circa 1970-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Scope and Contents

Close-up publicity photograph of Billie Holiday singing, dramatically illuminated. Photographer unidentified.
sova.nmah.ac.0766_ref734

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80937a2dc-7bc3-444f-b506-36e3cd0515ce

Local Numbers

AC0766-0000011.tif (AC Scan No.)

General

Archives Center's Women in Jazz
In Box 6, Folder 29.

Topic

Singers -- 1940-1950
Jazz
African American musicians
Women musicians
Women in music
Women in jazz

Culture

African Americans

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W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews
W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews / Series 1: Photographs of Musicians and Ensembles / 1.1: Musicians and Ensembles / Names beginning with Ho-Hy: Steve Hobbs to Phyllis Hyman includes Art Hodes, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker (with Bonnie Raitt), Shirley Horn, Lena Horne, Whitney Houston, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, J. B. Hutto

Extent

1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 10" x 8".)

Date

circa 1950?

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Photographs

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

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

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
NMAH.AC.0766_ref734
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80937a2dc-7bc3-444f-b506-36e3cd0515ce
NMAH.AC.0766
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1560697261774-1560697261824-0

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