Billie Holiday with popular Bop City waitress, c. 1952
Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1952
- Photograph by
- Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
- Subject of
- Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Billie Holiday and another woman seated at a table. Billie Holliday, wearing a white hat and white buttoned up coat, sits slightly sideways, partially turned towards the viewer. To her right sits a woman in a white button down blouse. She faces the viewer, her right arm propped on the table in front of them, her left arm resting on Billie Holiday's shoulder. There are glasses and plates on the corner of the table in front of them. In the background is a man seated at a piano.
- Place depicted
- Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Bebop (Music)
- Entertainers
- Jazz (Music)
- Nightlife
- Singers (Musicians)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.117.4
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Linda A. Jackson
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 7 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.9 × 24.3 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.117.4