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Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington

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Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday sitting and looking over music. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap. Ellington...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday at microphone

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Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musicians in the background. Holiday is wearing a shirt with BH...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday at microphone

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Billie Holiday holding a Blue network microphone and smiling with unidentified musician in the background. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday performing

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Billie Holiday performing with an unidentified band. Holiday is singing with her eyes closed and head tilted back, wearing a floral print dress.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billie Holiday singing

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Billie Holiday photographed from the side singing and looking forward. Holiday is wearing a jacket with a shoulder patch and a white hair wrap.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong covering ears while Billie Holiday plays trumpet

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Louis Armstrong covering his ears and grimaces while Billie Holiday plays trumpet. Both are wearing suits.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong showing Billie Holiday how to play trumpet

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Louis Armstrong smiling and showing Billie Holiday how to play trumpet. Both are wearing suits.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • 1950
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (7)

Subjects

  • African American women jazz singers (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (2)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • (-) Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (7)

Date Published

  • 1945 (7)
  • (-) 1950 (7)

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