Created by

Schwartz, Joe, American, 1913 - 2013

Subject of

Vaughan, Sarah, American, 1924 - 1990

Armstrong, Louis, American, 1901 - 1971

Holiday, Billie, American, 1915 - 1959

Howard, David

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)

Type

gelatin silver prints

Place depicted

Western Avenue, Central, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date

1950s

Caption

Great American Musicians - Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, David Howard, Club Oasis, Western Ave., Central Los Angeles, California, 1950's

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 202.

Topic

African American

Jazz (Music)

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family

Object number

2010.74.148

Rights

© Joe Schwartz

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Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture