Billie Holiday singing : black-and-white photoprint

Object Details

Names: Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Collection Interviewee: Sun Ra (1914-1993); Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-; Taylor, Billy
Collection Collector: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-
Collection Interviewee: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987; Wells, Ronnie; Whiting, Margaret; Towers, Jack; Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978; Pullen, Don, 1941-; Roney, Wallace; Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-; Pizzarelli, John, 1960-; Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004; Shepp, Archie, 1937-; Sanders, Pharaoh; Grant, Felix, 1918-1993; Scott, Jimmy; McPhail, Jimmy; McPartland, Marian; McFerrin, Bobby; Krall, Diana; O'Connell, Helen; Mulligan, Gerry; Metheny, Pat; McShann, Jay; Horn, Shirley, 1934-; Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000; Hill, Andrew, 1937-; Hendricks, Jon, 1921-; Keane, Helen; Kaminsky, Max, 1908-; Jordan, Sheila, 1928-; Humes, Helen, 1913-1981; Hampton, Lionel; Harris, Eddie, 1934-; Heath, Jimmy, 1926-; Frishberg, Dave; Ennis, Ethel; Farmer, Art, 1928-; Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-; Hampton, Slide; D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-; Daniels, Billy; Davison, Bill; Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-; Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020; Conyers, John, 1929-; Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003; Byard, Jaki; Brown, Ruth; Carter, Betty, 1930-; Byron, Don; Betts, Keter, 1928-; Bellson, Louis; Bowie, Lester, 1941-; Blakey, Art, 1919-1990; Allen, Steve, 1921-2000; Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000; Bailey, Benny, 1925-

Topic: Singers -- 1940-1950; Jazz; African American musicians; Women musicians; Women in music; Women in jazz

See more items in: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews; W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews / Series 1: Photographs of Musicians and Ensembles / 1.1: Musicians and Ensembles / Names beginning with Ho-Hy: Steve Hobbs to Phyllis Hyman includes Art Hodes, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker (with Bonnie Raitt), Shirley Horn, Lena Horne, Whitney Houston, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, J. B. Hutto

Collection Citation: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Jazz Musicians' Photographs, circa 1970-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Collection Rights: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form: Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Scope and Contents: Close-up publicity photograph of Billie Holiday singing, dramatically illuminated. Photographer unidentified.