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
Contributor Names
Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)
Created / Published
1946||||, monographic.
Subject 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
-  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html
-  In: "Through the looking glass," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 20 (Sept. 23, 1946), p. 16.
-  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
-  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 123 (gottlieb assignment)
-  123 (assignment)
-  Paramount Theater (venue)
-  LC-GLB13-0229 DLC (stock number)
-  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02291 (url)
-  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02293 (url)
Form
graphic
electronic resource
remote
nonprojected graphic
photonegative
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
Language
Online Format
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Description
Graphic. Portrait Photographs-1940-1950.. Film Negatives-1940-1950.. graphic | 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. | Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html In: "Through the looking glass," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 20 (Sept. 23, 1946), p. 16. Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 123 (Gottlieb Assignment). Graphic (Form). Electronic Resource (Form). Remote (Form). Nonprojected Graphic (Form). Photonegative (Form).
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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. 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/>.