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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946] Caption from Down Beat: Fifth in the series of staff lensman Bill Gottlieb's intimate dressing room shots of musical celebrities is Duke Ellington, with the mirror reflecting his always present piano, his conservative ties, his 20 suits, his 15 shirts, his suede shoes and his smiling self

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Title

  • [Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946]

Other Title

  • Caption from Down Beat: Fifth in the series of staff lensman Bill Gottlieb's intimate dressing room shots of musical celebrities is Duke Ellington, with the mirror reflecting his always present piano, his conservative ties, his 20 suits, his 15 shirts, his suede shoes and his smiling self

Alternate Title

  • Caption from Down Beat: Fifth in the series of staff lensman Bill Gottlieb's intimate dressing room shots of musical celebrities is Duke Ellington, with the mirror reflecting his always present piano, his conservative ties, his 20 suits, his 15 shirts, his suede shoes and his smiling self

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1946, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  • -  Jazz musicians -- 1940-1950
  • -  Composers -- 1940-1950
  • -  Pianists -- 1940-1950
  • -  Paramount Theater

Genre

  • graphic

Notes

  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
  • -  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
  • -  In: "Through the looking glass," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 20 (Sept. 23, 1946), p. 16.
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 123 (gottlieb assignment)
  • -  123 (assignment)
  • -  Paramount Theater (venue)
  • -  LC-GLB13-0229 DLC (stock number)
  • -  got99000229 (got)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02291 (url)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02293 (url)

Form

  • electronic resource
  • remote
  • nonprojected graphic
  • photonegative
  • graphic

Extent

  • 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Repository

  • Music Division

Access Condition

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

LC Classification

  • LC-GLB13- 0229

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. United States, 1946. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02291/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (1946) Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. United States, 1946. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02291/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02291/>.