Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]

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Title
[Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]
Contributor Names
Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)
Created / Published
1938, monographic.
Subject Headings
-  Leadbelly, 1885-1949
-  Guitarists -- 1930-1950
-  Singers -- 1930-1950
-  National Press Club
Genre
graphic
Notes
-  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
-  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
-  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
-  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 201 (gottlieb assignment)
-  201 (assignment)
-  National Press Club (venue)
-  LC-GLB23-1355 DLC (stock number)
-  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.13551 (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-GLB23- 1355
Online Format
image
Additional Metadata Formats
METSXML Record
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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 Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Between 1938 and 1948. United States, 1938. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.13551/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (1938) Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Between 1938 and 1948. United States, 1938. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.13551/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Between 1938 and 1948. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.13551/>.

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