Object Details
- Local Numbers
- 03041502.tif (AC Scan No.)
- General
- Another copy of this print, trimmed flush and in worse condition, is in the folder.
- Exhibitions Note
- Scan file sold to Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (Laura Schiavo, contact), warm-toned print for exhibition use, 2003/03/13.
- Photographer
- Butler, Opisc (photographer)
- Names
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Collection Creator
- Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
- Topic
- African American composers
- Photographer
- Butler, Opisc (photographer)
- See more items in
- Ella Fitzgerald Papers
- Ella Fitzgerald Papers / Series 2: Photographs / 2.4: Ella Fitzgerald with Family, Colleagues, and Friends / Duke Ellington various shots, various dates
- Extent
- 1 Item (photoprint, Silver gelatin on paper, unmounted, 10 x 8".)
- Condition
- Fragile: broken lower left corner; long vertical crease with separated emulsion, upper right; vertical scratch across subject's face and hat.
- Date
- [1923.]
- Container
- Box 14, Folder 10
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Portraits
- Photographs
- Collection Citation
- Ella Fitzgerald Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- The Archives Center can provide reproductions of some materials for research and educational use. Copyright and right to publicity restrictions apply and limit reproduction for other purposes. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Portraits -- African American men
- Photographs -- 1920-1930 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
- Scope and Contents
- The young Ellington, wearing a hat, suit and tie. Inscribed in ink: "To my darling Mother- / in-Law who always / says, 'Ellington's / right' / Your Son / Duke". "Opisc [?] -Butler / New York" in negative, at lower right Date in pencil on verso, as well as "Washington-- [illegible letter] James."
- Restrictions
- Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
- Record ID
- ebl-1560535212842-1560535213053-1
