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
-  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
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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/.

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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/.

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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/>.

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