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[Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] / William P Gottlieb [graphic]

[Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] [graphic]
Title
[Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946] [graphic]
Alternate Title
Caption from Down Beat: This is the first of a series of musical celebrities, pictured in the intimacy of their own dressing rooms by the camera of Bill Gottlieb, Down Beat staffer. Billie Holiday is his first subject, with the looking glass reflecting such items as pancake makeup, the fresh pineapple for the singer's throat and her pet Boxer
Creator
Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.
Type of Material
still image
Genre
graphic
Portrait photographs-1940-1950.
Group portraits-1940-1950.
Film negatives-1940-1950.
Language
English
Forms
graphic
photonegative
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
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. 13 (June 17, 1946), p. 14.
Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
Assignment Note
Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 269
Subjects
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Mister
Women jazz musicians--1940-1950
Jazz singers--1940-1950
Boxers (Dogs)--1940-1950
Call Number
LC-GLB13- 0427
Assignment
269
(b&w film neg.)
LC-GLB13-0427 DLC
Identifier
hdl:loc.music/gottlieb.04271
URL
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.04271
Use and Reproduction
Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.
Repositories
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (negative)
Library of Congress Music Division (reference print)

Last Updated: 12-08-2010

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