Duke Ellington signing autographs for fans on stage

ca. 1939-1949

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Duke Ellington signing autographs for fans on stage
  • Title
  • Duke Ellington signing autographs for fans on stage
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1939-1949
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.153
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.153
  • Description
  • Jazz musician Duke Ellington signs autographs while seated on a large stage. The large auditorium, with three sets of French doors, is filled with men seated in the audience or standing in two rows in front of the stage. Several of the men appear to be wearing bathrobes or pajamas, suggesting that the setting might be a veterans' hospital.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Ellington, Duke, 1879-1974.
    Entertainers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Jazz musicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Social life and customs--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Crowds--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh