Billie Holiday singing : black-and-white photoprint

Object Details

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.

Names

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Collection Interviewee

Sun Ra

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-

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

Ca. 1950?

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Collection Citation

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

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

Scope and Contents

Close-up publicity photograph of Billie Holiday singing, dramatically illuminated. Photographer unidentified.

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Record ID

ebl-1560697261774-1560697261824-0