Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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.

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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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Object number

2010.74.148

Topic

African American

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Jazz (Music)

Nightlife

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Place depicted

Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America

Restrictions & Rights

© Joe Schwartz