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Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints copy prints

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Creator
Driggs, Frank, 1930-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
Names
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Topic
Musicians -- United States
Music -- 20th century
Jazz musicians -- United States
Jazz
Provenance
Collection donated by Frank Driggs, January 11, 1991.
Creator
Driggs, Frank, 1930-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
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Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints [copy prints]
Biographical/Historical note
Photographer and collector.
Extent
0.5 Cubic feet (1 box )
Date
1923-1972
Ownership and Custodial History
Collection loaned to the Museum by Mr. Driggs, August 11, 1990. Copy prints and negatives were made by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services and the original images were returned to Mr. Driggs, August 2, 1991.
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.0389
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Copy prints
Reproductions
Citation
Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints, 1923-1972, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Arrangement
Collection arranged into ten series.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives Center staff.
Rights
The Archives Center does not own rights to these photographs. Contact respository for details.
Genre/Form
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1980-2000
Photographs -- 20th century
Copy prints
Reproductions
Location of Originals
Copy negatives.
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of 157 8" x 10" black-and-white photographic copy prints of photographs in Frank Driggs's collection: Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Some copy prints have Smithsonian negative numbers.
Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related Materials
Materials at Other Organizations Jazz at Lincoln Center The Frank Driggs Jazz Photograph Collection was acquired by Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2013. The collection also includes posters, sheet music, records and Frank Driggs' personal papers.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512976435-1503512976437-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ff3effc9-0a98-4996-92d8-de36791c69d4

In the Collection

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  • Ellington Conducting

  • (L-R) Freddy Jenkins, Joe Nanton, Cootie Williams, Harry White, Arthur Whetsol, Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Freddy Guy, Johnny Hodges, Wellman Braud, Barney Bigard

  • Duke Ellington

  • Ellington at Piano

  • Candid Shots

  • Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, c. 1945. (Most likely Esquire Concert in Los Angeles)

  • Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, Walter Fuller, Lois Deppe -- Grand Terrace Cafe, Chicago

  • Wallace Jones, Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, Juan Tizol -- "Saturday Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio

  • Duke Ellington, Four Step Brothers -- Cotton Club, Harlem

  • Duke Ellington

  • Johnny Hodges, Joe Nanton, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Wallace Jones -- Amsterdam, Holland

  • Wallace Jones, Barney Bigard, Joe Nanton -- Neptune Park; Sioux Falls, South Dakota

  • Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Chauncey Haughton, Otto Hardwicke, Junior Raglin, Duke Ellington -- Lakeside Park Ballroom, Denver,

  • Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy, Jimmy Blanton

  • Advertisement -- Cotton Club, New York

  • Duke Ellington

  • Jefferson, Ralph Escudero, Duke Ellington, Wilbur Sweatman, Sonny Greer, John Anderson, Otto Hardwicke -- Lafayette Theater, New York

  • Duke Ellington, Max Silverman, owner of Quality Music -- Washington, D.C.

  • Ellington with Military

  • Freddie Jenkins, Lawrence Brown, Cootie Williams, Juan Tizol -- BBC, London

  • Duke Ellington, Joya Sherrill -- Hartford, Connedcticut

  • Duke Ellington

  • Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy -- Washington, D.C.

  • Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Orson Welles, Cab Calloway -- Cafe Society, New York

  • Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton -- Colgate University

  • Freddy Jenkins, Wellman Braud, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Arthur Whetsol, Johnny Hodges, Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Duke Ellington -- Oriental Theater, Chicago

  • Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Hazel Scott, Mel Powell -- Cafe Society Uptown, New York

  • Duke Ellington

  • (L-R) Wilbur De Paris, Lawrence Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Johnny Hodges, Freddy Guy, Al Sears, Sonny Greer, Wilson Myers, Harry Carney, Bernard Flood, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill -- Strand Theater

  • (L-R) Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins, Freddy Guy, Harry Carney, Arthur Whetsol, Barney Bigard, Wendall Braud

  • Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart -- Gershwin Memorial Concert, Randall's Island Stadium, New York

  • (L-R) Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington, Freddie Jenkins, Otto Hardwicke, Arthur Whetsol, Harry Carney, Wellman Braud

  • Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer, Ivie Anderson, Hayes Alvis, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Otto Hardwicke

  • Duke Ellington, unidentified group

  • (L-R) Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy, Junior Raglin, Ben Webster, Sonny Greer, Johnny Hodges, Joe Nanton, Jimmy Hamilton, Wallace Jones, Juan Tizol, Harold Baker, Al Sears -- Hurricane Club, New York,

  • Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnett, Battle of the Bands -- Los Angeles

  • Advertisement for London Palladium show

  • Duke Ellington

  • Rex Stewart, Joe Nanton, Ray Nance -- Hurricane Club, New York

  • Duke Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Tyree Glenn

  • Ellington musicians and actors, Black and Tan Fantasy (RKO short)

  • Jimmy Hamilton, Louis Bellson, Willie Smith, Harold Baker -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin

  • (L-R) Barney Bigard, Joe Nanton, Marshall Royal, Sonny Greer, Juan Tizol, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Duke Ellington, Arthur Whetsol, Harry Carney, Freddie Jenkins, Freddy Guy, Wellman Braud

  • Duke Ellington

  • Duke Ellington – "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio

  • Duke Ellington

  • Taft Jordon, Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Bernard Flood, Cat Anderson, Wilbur De Paris, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown -- Pittsburgh

  • Duke Ellington Freddy Guy, Junior Raglin -- Hurricane Club, New York

  • Duke Ellington -- Columbia Records, New York

  • Duke Ellington, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor -- Congress Hotel, Chicago

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