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Black beaded dress designed by Zelda Wynn and worn by Ella Fitzgerald
- Designed by
- Wynn, Zelda, American, 1905 - 2001
- Worn by
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Date
- late 1940s
- Medium
- synthetic fiber, velvet, glass beads, plastic sequins, and metal fasteners
- Dimensions
- H x W: 46 x 20 in. (116.8 x 50.8 cm)
- Description
- This black beaded full-length gown was designed by Zelda Wynn and worn by Ella Fitzgerald. The dress is made from black synthetic crepe fabric that is hand beaded with black glass seed and bugle beads, and black sequins in a floral vine design. The bodice is short-sleeved and has a scoop neck in the front and a V-neck in the back. There is a metal zipper in the center back that goes to the hip, and a hook-and-eye at the top of the zipper. The gown has a princess cut waist, but there is no seam at the waist. The gown has a column skirt with a slit on the proper right side that is 24 1/2" high and contains a rounded hem. At the top of the slit, there is a pre-tied black velvet bow that is sewn to the dress.
- The dress is fully lined with a black synthetic fabric, except at the bottom of the sleeves. The hem of the sleeves, the interior neck line, and the skirt hem are finished with black ribbon. The designer label on the interior proper left back of the bodice is cream with black embroidered text and reads: "Zelda Wynn / NEW YORK, N.Y."
- Classification
- Clothing-Fashion
- Type
- gowns
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Ella Fitzgerald
- Object number
- 2010.20.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Yellow cocktail dress designed by Don Loper and worn by Ella Fitzgerald
- Designed by
- Loper, Don, American, 1906 - 1972
- Worn by
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Date
- 1950s
- On ViewCulture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
- Exhibition
- Musical Crossroads
- Medium
- silk, rayon, and foil cloth, silk chiffon, silk satin, synthetic fiber, and metal fasteners
- Dimensions
- H x W: 38 x 21 in. (96.5 x 53.3 cm)
- Description
- This yellow and orange cocktail dress was designed by Don Loper and worn by Ella Fitzgerald. The bodice of the dress is fitted with a sweetheart neckline and spaghetti straps. It is made from a yellow, white, and silver metallic woven floral design. The bodice ends at the hip with a knee-length circle skirt below it. The skirt is made from two (2) layers of marigold colored silk chiffon with an underskirt made from a chartreuse synthetic fabric. The dress closes at the center back with a metal zipper that extends from the top of the bodice to below the hip, with top layer of the chiffon skirt slit and finished with a rolled hem, but not attached to the zipper. There is one (1) metal hook at the top of the zipper that attaches around a yellow thread loop and one (1) hook and thread loop closure at the bottom of the bodice.
- The interior of the bodice is lined with cream silk satin. The seams of the bodice are pressed open and pinked. Cream woven tape is sewn to the side of each shaping seam with boning inside the tape, twelve (12) in total. At the center front an additional length of boning encased in orange rayon fabric is attached between the breasts. Sweat guards are whip stitched at both underarms. The guard on the proper left side has a white plastic side and a plain cotton side while the guard on the proper right side has two plain cotton sides. The skirt has no additional lining beneath the chartreuse underskirt.
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- Type
- cocktail dresses
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Ella Fitzgerald
- Object number
- 2010.20.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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A lobby card for the movie St. Louis Blues
- Published by
- Paramount Pictures, American, founded 1912
- Subject of
- Cole, Nat King, American, 1919 - 1965
- Kitt, Eartha, American, 1927 - 2008
- Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Jackson, Mahalia, American, 1911 - 1972
- Dee, Ruby, American, 1924 - 2014
- Juano Hernández, 1896 - 1970
- Handy, W.C., American, 1873 - 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A lobby card for the movie St. Louis Blues. The card features a depiction of four cast members on the right: Barney Bigard, Nat "King" Cole, Eartha Kitt, and Cab Calloway. To the left of that image is a red square with the title: [St. Louis Blues] inside, and below the title a list of film credits.
- Place depicted
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
- Type
- lobby cards
- Topic
- Actors
- Blues (Music)
- Film
- Musical films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.34.14
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 1958 Paramount Pictures. Permission required for use.
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Ella Fitzgerald, 1978
- Photograph by
- Spitzer, David D., American
- Subject of
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 13/16 x 9 1/2 in. (35.1 x 24.2 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 13 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (35.1 x 27.1 cm)
- H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Ella Fitzgerald on stage in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She stands in a spotlight on stage just in front of a piano. She is wearing a floor length black dress and is holding a corded microphone in her left hand.
- Place captured
- Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer
- Object number
- 2012.164.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- © David D. Spitzer
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Mix Pictorial Magazine vol. 1 no. 3
- Published by
- Mix Publishing Company, American
- Edited by
- Little, Morris G.
- Chaney, Arthur
- Photograph by
- Davenport, Oscar P. Jr.
- Subject of
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- NAACP Youth Council, American, founded 1936
- Jeter-Pillars Orchestra, American, founded 1933
- Date
- October 1939
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 11 × 8 5/8 × 1/8 in. (28 × 21.9 × 0.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Open): 11 × 17 1/4 × 1/16 in. (28 × 43.8 × 0.2 cm)
- Description
- Mix Pictorial Magazine, vol. 1 no. 3, featuring three (3) black-and-white photographs on the front cover. The top fourth of the front cover is the masthead. The masthead is in a black field with the magazine title in white text that reads, [MIX], on the left in a stylized font, and [Pictorial Magazine] on the right. Just below is the magazine’s subtitle, [Voice of the Nation's Mixologist], printed in black text over a narrow white stripe above two (2) black lines. Below is a white field with the main cover line, [The Winners! / (SEE CENTER PAGES)] printed in black ink and the magazine date and price, [October] and [15¢] printed in white in a black rectangular illustration featuring a dog and a pumpkin. To the left and below the cover line are three (3) black-and-white photographs printed in two (2) black circles and a square. In the top left corner is a circular shaped photograph of a woman holding a trophy and flowers. Three (3) men and a woman standing next to the woman with the flowers. Below, on the left, is a square shaped photograph of two (2) men and two (2) women standing closely together. Below, to the right, is a circular shaped photograph of a woman holding a trophy and flowers. To her right are two (2) women. Along the bottom edge is a narrow black field with white text that reads, [Theatrical Society Radio Sport] with star symbols in front of each word. Along the right edge of the front cover of the magazine is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To my future / Laura / Richard / Hughes]. The back cover also features three (3) black-and-white photographs printed in two (2) circles and a square. In the top left corner is a circular shaped photograph of six (6) men. Below is a caption title that reads, [MAKING DANCE PLANS]. In the top right corner is a square shaped photograph of men and women seated at a long table. Below is a caption title that reads, [“TAKING ON A FEED”]. In the bottom left corner is a circular shaped photograph of a man and a woman embracing. Above is a caption title that reads, [NOTED “PRO’ IN TOWN]. The bottom right corner features an advertisement for Hyde Park beer. The interior pages features black-and-white text, photographs, and illustrations. This magazine issue is twenty-five (25) pages including the interior page of the back cover.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place printed
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.273
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Ella Fitzgerald
- Photograph by
- McNeill, Robert H., American, 1917 - 2005
- Subject of
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Unidentified
- Club Bali, American, founded 1943
- Date
- 1930s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (image): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Ella Fitzgerald and an unidentified person dressed as the Philip Morris Mascot at Club Bali. Fitzgerald is holding a microphone stand and looking to her proper right. She is wearing a dress with a flower design down the front. The Phillip Morris Mascot is wearing a Philip Morris uniform with a badge on the chest that reads: [Call for / Philip Morris].
- Place depicted
- 14th and T Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Robert McNeill Photographs
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Graham Holdings Company, © Robert H. McNeill
- Object number
- 2014.276.2.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert H. McNeill. Permission required for use.
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Program for Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Subject of
- Granz, Norman, 1918 - 2001
- Signed by
- Brown, Lawrence, American, 1907 - 1988
- Gonsalves, Paul, American, 1920 - 1974
- Herbie Jones, American, 1926 - 2001
- Mercer Ellington, American, 1919 - 1996
- Anderson, William Alonzo, American, 1916 - 1981
- Hayes, Louis, American, born 1937
- Oscar Peterson, Canadian, 1925 - 2007
- Terry, Clark, American, born 1920
- Sims, John Haley, American, 1925 - 1985
- Woodyard, Sam, American, 1925 - 1988
- Jones, Sam, American, 1924 - 1981
- Hayes, Louis, American, born 1937
- Hawkins, Coleman, American, 1904 - 1969
- Bob Cranshaw, American, born 1932
- Jimmy Jones, American, 1918 - 1982
- Carter, Benny, American, 1907 - 2003
- Subject of
- Ellington, Duke, American, 1899 - 1974
- Fitzgerald, Ella, American, 1917 - 1996
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- ink on paper, cardboard, metal
- Dimensions
- closed: 14 × 11 1/8 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 28.3 × 0.3 cm)
- open: 14 × 22 1/4 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 56.5 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A paperback program for Jazz at the Philharmonic. Front cover is an abstract depiction of a figure in red playing a trumpet, with [NORMAN GRANZ'] coming out of the bell of the trumpet, with an abstract depiction of a building in green in the background, with [JAZZ / AT THE / PHILHARMONIC] in black aligned to the right at the center. There is an oval orange sticker reading [DO NOT REMOVE / FROM THIS / WAITING ROOM] in black type in the bottom right corner of the front cover. Twelve (12) interior pages, off-white or various colors, with black type, with black-and-white images and depictions throughout. Interior pages have images and articles about Ella Fitzergerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, and Norman Granz. It also includes images, many of them autographed, of Lawrence Brown, Paul Gonsalves, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson, Louis Hayes, Sam Jones, Sam Woodyard, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Jones; and signatures of Lawrence Brown, Paul Gonsalves, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson, Louis Hayes, Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Sam Woodyard, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Jones, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, and Zoot Sims. Back cover is blank.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- programs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Object number
- 2014.3.18
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible