Billy Strayhorn playing piano in a home, May 26th, 1952 cellulose acetate photonegative
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- AC1323-0000012.tif (AC Scan No.)
- Photographer
- Miner, John
- Collector
- Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014
- Creator
- Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
- Names
- Tribune Company
- Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967
- Collection Photographer
- Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014
- Place
- Illinois
- Chicago (Ill.)
- Occupation
- Jazz musicians -- 1950-2000 -- United States
- Topic
- Piano
- Photographer
- Miner, John
- Collector
- Schiedt, Duncan P., 1921-2014
- Creator
- Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer)
- Culture
- African Americans -- 1950-1960
- See more items in
- Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection
- Duncan P. Schiedt Photograph Collection / Series 2: Photographic Materials / 2.2: Artist Files Photographs / Strayhorn, Billy
- Sponsor
- Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
- Extent
- 1 Item (3-1/4" x 2-1/2".)
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
- Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet.
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Collection Citation
- Duncan Schiedt Jazz Collection, 1900-2012, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Collection Rights
- Reproduction restricted due to copyright or trademark. 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 negatives -- Acetate film
- Scope and Contents
- Possibly taken in Chicago because the newspaper on the piano is the Chicago Tribune. Box 2, John Miner Negatives "M to Z" ("Billy Strayhorn" envelope). Made on Kodak Safety Film 470.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562715820663-1562715821677-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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