Photograph by:

Robert H. McNeill, American, 1917 - 2005  Search this

Subject of:

Ella Fitzgerald, American, 1917 - 1996  Search this

Unidentified  Search this

Club Bali, American, founded 1943  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D (image): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place depicted:

14th and T Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1930s

Description:

A black and white photograph of Ella Fitzgerald and an unidentified person dressed as the Philip Morris Mascot at Club Bali. Fitzgerald is holding a microphone stand and looking to her proper right. She is wearing a dress with a flower design down the front. The Phillip Morris Mascot is wearing a Philip Morris uniform with a badge on the chest that reads: [Call for / Philip Morris].

Topic:

African American  Search this

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Nightlife  Search this

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Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Graham Holdings Company

Object number:

2014.276.2.6

Restrictions & Rights:

© Robert H. McNeill Heirs

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Robert McNeill Photographs

Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd586cc4f04-c780-494f-b33f-4b9b55839092

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.276.2.6