- Photograph by
- Jackson, Steve Jr., 1923 - 1999
- Subject of
- Holiday, Billie, American, 1915 - 1959
- Hornsby, Dorothy Rose, American, born 1920
- Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
- Date
- ca. 1952
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 7 7/16 × 9 9/16 in. (18.9 × 24.3 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 10 in. (20.2 × 25.4 cm)
- Description
- This black and white photograph depicts Billie Holiday and Dorothy R. Hornsby seated at a table. Billie Holliday, wearing a white hat and white buttoned up coat, sits slightly sideways, partially turned towards the viewer. To her right sits Hornsby in a white button down blouse. She faces the viewer, her right arm propped on the table in front of them, her left arm resting on Billie Holiday's shoulder. There are glasses and plates on the corner of the table in front of them. In the background is a man seated at a piano.
- Place depicted
- Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
- Object number
- 2016.117.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Linda A. Jackson
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




