American photographer Joe Schwartz (1913 - 2013) captures Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and David Howard in this portrait, taken at Club Oasis in Los Angeles, California in the 1950s.
Great American Musicians
- Caption
- Great American Musicians - Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, David Howard, Club Oasis, Western Ave., Central Los Angeles, California, 1950's
- Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 202.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Sarah Vaughan, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holliday, and David Howard at Club Oasis in Los Angeles, California.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Created by
- Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013
- Subject of
- Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990
- Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
- Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
- David Howard
- Date
- 1950s
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joe Schwartz and Family
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
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