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Earl "Fatha" Hines portrait collection

Title
Earl "Fatha" Hines portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1920?-1980?>

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Additional Authors
  • Ellison, Sulaiman, 1951-
  • Willis, Alvin L.
  • Dummett.
  • Nicholas.
  • Franklin, Jack T.
  • Ling, Albert J.
  • Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  • A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
  • Johnson Photos (Washington, D.C.)
  • Associated Booking Corporation.
  • William Morris Agency.
Description
  • <10> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.
  • <19> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Views of Jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines approximately dated from the 1920's to the 1980's. Images include Hines in full & half-length portraits some taken at the piano. The collection also includes Hines in group portraits; signing autographs in record shops; at a U.S.O. club; at diner at Hotel Theresa with Louis Dunlap, Jessie Simpkins, Gladys Robeson, Frank Brown, Freddie Jenkins, June Clark and Mrs Billy Eckstein; with Willie Bryant and Fredi Washington; and at piano with Milton Cross, Grace Castognette, Maggie Fisher, Cy Walton and Stan Freeman.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subject
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983
  • Jazz musicians > United States
  • African American musicians
  • Pianists > United States
  • Piano > Performance
  • Concerts
  • Eating & drinking
  • Sound recording industry > United States
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1920-1979.
  • Group portraits – 1920-1979.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1979.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Some images are duplicates; some images are cropped.
  • Photographers include Bloom, Chicago, Nichols, A. Hansen Studio and others.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Hines, Earl "Fatha"
OCLC
NYPG085000314-F
Title
Earl "Fatha" Hines portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1920?-1980?>
Terms Of Use
Some photographs are restricted; permission of the photographer required for duplication.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Added Author
Ellison, Sulaiman, 1951- Photographer
Willis, Alvin L. Photographer
Dummett. Photographer
Nicholas. Photographer
Franklin, Jack T. Photographer
Ling, Albert J. Photographer
Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)
Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)
A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
Johnson Photos (Washington, D.C.)
Associated Booking Corporation.
William Morris Agency.
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Hines, Earl "Fatha"
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