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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

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Title

  • [Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P., photographer

Created / Published

  • 1946.

Headings

  • -  Jazz musicians--1940-1950
  • -  Trumpet players--1940-1950
  • -  Armstrong, Louis, 1900-1971
  • -  Aquarium

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Caption from Down Beat: These are the things that make up Louis Armstrong, as reflected in the mirror by Bill Gottlieb, staff lensman, in the third of his intimate studies of musical celebs in their dressing rooms. Here are his throat spray and other medications (Louie vocalizes as much as he plays trumpet, you know), the inevitable stack of handkerchiefs (he uses them by the dozen), and copies of the diet by which he lost 60 poinds in one year, distributed gratis to all over-weight friends and acquaintances
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 011
  • -  In: "Through the looking glass," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 15 (July 15, 1946), p. 21.
  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Original negative or transparency: 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Originals not served.
  • -  Originals Purchase; William P. Gottlieb, 1995-1997
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Repository

  • c-Music Electronic resource

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023867420

Rights Advisory

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

Online Format

  • image

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Rights & Access

In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. Privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation. Users of photographs in the Gottlieb collection are responsible for clearing any privacy or publicity rights associated with the use of the images.

The following items are included in the William P. Gottlieb Collection with permission as noted:

Articles from Down Beat magazine by William Gottlieb and others, Ed Enright, Editor, Down Beat magazine, 102 North Haven Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3370.

"The Faces of Jazz," by W. Royal Stokes, Civilization, vol. 2, no. 5, September-October 1995, Civilizaton, Attn. Managing Editor, 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 303, Washington, D.C. 20003. Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.

Credit Line: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July. , 1946. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867420/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P., photographer. (1946) Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July. , 1946. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023867420/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023867420/>.