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[Duke Ellington conducting : black-and-white photoprint]

American History Museum

Object Details

Photographer

Bernateau ((Paris, France))

Names

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Collection Creator

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Photographed from a low angle, Duke's mouth is wide open and his conducting hand is blurred, against a black background. Glossy print, borderless. Rubber stamp imprint on verso: "(c) by Studio Bernateau / Orange - Tel. 34.04.46 ... / S.P.A.D.E.M. Paris."
sova.nmah.ac.0584_ref2775

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a07d6931-983d-4aaf-8748-7856ad952163

Local Numbers

AC0415-0000004.tif (AC Scan)

General

In Box 15, unfoldered.

Topic

African American musicians
Conducting
Conductors -- 20th century
Musicians -- 20th century

Photographer

Bernateau ((Paris, France))

Culture

African Americans

See more items in

Ella Fitzgerald Papers
Ella Fitzgerald Papers / Series 2: Photographs

Extent

1 Item (photoprint, 7 x 5 in (18.10 x 12.6 cm.))

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Silver gelatin on paper, unmounted.

Date

[circa 1940-1950?]

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials
Photographs

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.

Bibliography

Reproduced in Merry Foresta, ed., At First Sight: Photography and the Smithsonian. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2003, p. 259; and reproduced on Smithsonian Photographic Initiative web site.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1940-1950 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Restrictions

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

Forms part of

Ruth Ellington Collection Photographs (Series 9).
NMAH.AC.0584_ref2775
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a07d6931-983d-4aaf-8748-7856ad952163
NMAH.AC.0584
ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1560535212842-1560535213095-5

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