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Duke Ellington portrait collection

Title: Duke Ellington portrait collection [graphic].
Publication: <1923?-1974?>

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Picture	Use in library	Sc Photo Ellington, Duke	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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<85> items (.3 cu. ft., 1 box); 36 x 28 cm. or smaller.
<44> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<39> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
<1> postcard : halftone, b&w ;
<1> photomechanical print : col. ;

Summary

Views of composer and pianist Duke Ellington, approximately dated between 1923 and 1974. Collection includes quarter, half and full-length portraits as well as many group portraits. Some are publicity stills, some are candid shots. Promotional stills include Ellington at the piano, some are of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Group portraits show Ellington with other entertainers and musicians including W.C. Handy, Basil Cameron, Percy Grainger, Billy Strayhorn and Arthur Fiedler; at restaurants; at unidentified events; his birthday party; and include interior and exterior shots. Collection also includes portraits of Ellington in a hospital bed; in recording studios; and in various concert performances; also a movie still from Cabin in the Sky; caricatures of Ellington and photographs promoting the book Duke: A Portrait of Duke Ellington. Also included are photos of 78 RPM recordings by Ellington, a sheet music cover and a photo of daughter Gaye Ellington receiving a plaque from ASCAP in honor of Ellington's book, "Duke Ellington in Person."

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

Genre/Form

Publicity photographs.
Sheet music covers=xReproductions.
Group portraits – 1920-1979.
Portrait photographs – 1920-1979.
Caricatures.
Autographs.
Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1979.
Photomechanical prints.
Phototransparencies.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Some photos have captions; some have descriptive information written on verso; some are duplicates; some have been autographed.
Photographers include James J. Kriegsmann, Cecil Layne, Popsie and others.

Terms of Use (note)

Some photos restricted; permission of photographer required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo Ellington, Duke

OCLC

NYPG085000727-F

Title

Duke Ellington portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1923?-1974?>

Terms Of Use

Some photos restricted; permission of 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

Ellington, Eve Ellis.

Serating, Bob. Photographer

Jewell, Derek.

Redfern, David. Photographer

Randolph, William, 1920-1978. Photographer

Jackson, Reggie. Photographer

Goldblatt, Burt. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Schiedt, Duncan P.

Wright, Lillian. Photographer

Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer

A.B. Text & Bilder (Stockholm, Sweden)

William Morris Agency.

Columbia Records, Inc.

Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)

Layne's Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Harrington Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Empire Photographers (New York, N.Y.)

CBS Radio.

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Mills Artists (New York, N.Y.)

Maurice (Chicago, Ill.)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Mills-Rockwell (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Ellington, Duke

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