Great American Musicians

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Object Details

Created by

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013

Subject of

Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990

Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971

Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959

David Howard

Caption

Great American Musicians - Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, David Howard, Club Oasis, Western Ave., Central Los Angeles, California, 1950's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 202.

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, and David Howard at Club Oasis in Los Angeles, California.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Date

1950s

Object number

2010.74.148

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)

Place depicted

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Jazz (Music)

Nightlife

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ca2bfe04-f2b7-403d-a58b-9553f333e152

Record ID

nmaahc_2010.74.148