- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Glaser, Joe, American, 1896 - 1969
- Subject of
- Holiday, Billie, American, 1915 - 1959
- Date
- December 1943
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 8 11/16 × 7 7/16 in. (22.1 × 18.9 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 3/16 in. (25.4 × 20.8 cm)
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Billie Holiday. Holiday is depicted standing behind a microphone stand. She wears a white blouse, belt, and floral skirt. A band is depicted in the background behind her, on the left side of the image. At the center of the image is a handwritten inscription in black ink that reads, [To Laura Wise / Frantic [?] to Me / Lady Day / Billie Holiday]. A second inscription below, written by a different hand, reads, [Chicago Dec / 1943]. The image is bordered with white and along bottom is black text on the left and right sides. The text in the lower left corner reads, [BILLIE HOLIDAY]. The text in the lower right corner reads, [Personal Management / JOE GLASER / R C A Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York N.Y.]. There is a notation in pencil on the back of the photograph.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Actors
- Jazz (Music)
- Nightlife
- Photography
- Singers (Musicians)
- Theatre
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.25.80
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




