Billie Holiday at a dinner party under a "Lady Day" sign
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Object Details
- Date
- ca. 1952
- Photograph by
- Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
- Subject of
- Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
- Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Billie Holiday seated behind a table with a large group of people. Above her head on the wall is a large white sign with text that reads Lady Day." Wearing a light colored formal dress with spaghetti straps, a large bow in her hair, and a choker necklace, Billie Holiday leans forward and slightly to her right. Her gaze is directed towards her right. Seated to her left is a man in a gray suit and bowtie, leaning to his left towards a man standing at the end of the table, also in a gray suit. On Billie Holiday's right is a woman in a black dress. A man and woman sit beyond her. Three people, two women and a man, sit across the table from Billie Holiday, with their backs to the viewer. A man in a light colored suit and dark tie is visible in the bottom left foreground.
- 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
- 2016.117.5
- 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 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19 × 24 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.117.5