Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Caption

At Her Best, Sarah Vaughan - Club Oasis, Western Avenue, Central Los Angeles, Calif., 1950

Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 203.

Description

A black-and-white photograph of Sarah Vaughan singing at Club Oasis in Los Angeles, California. Vaughan wears a dress and looks at the camera out of the corner of her eye.

Created by

Joe Schwartz, American, 1913 - 2013

Subject of

Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990

Date

1950

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 (Image and Sheet): 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

2010.74.150

Topic

African American

Jazz (Music)

Photography

Singers (Musicians)

Place depicted

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

Restrictions & Rights

© Joe Schwartz