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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]

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Title

  • [Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P., photographer

Created / Published

  • 1947.

Headings

  • -  Composers--1940-1950
  • -  Conductors (Music)--1940-1950
  • -  Jazz musicians--1940-1950
  • -  Pianists--1940-1950
  • -  Thornhill, Claude
  • -  Columbia Pictures studio

Genre

  • Portrait photographs--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Caption from Down Beat: Runner-up in the Down Beat band poll last year, Claude Thornhill is presenting a band at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York currently which will give plenty of tough opposition to all competitors for the title in the coming poll, which will be launched in the November 5 issue of the Beat. The Thornhill crew is attracting the applause of most of the music critics, as well as winning its share of public acclaim
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 316
  • -  In: "Claude Thornhill on the cover," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 22 (Oct. 22, 1947).
  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Original negative or transparency: 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 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

  • 2023868330

Rights Advisory

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

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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 Claude Thornhill, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. , 1947. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023868330/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P., photographer. (1947) Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. , 1947. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023868330/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P, photographer. Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023868330/>.