Smithsonian Collections
Ella Fitzgerald
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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].
- Created by
- Robert H. McNeill, American, 1917 - 2005
- Subject of
- Ella Fitzgerald, American, 1917 - 1996
- Unidentified
- Club Bali, American, founded 1943
- Date
- 1930s
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Graham Holdings Company, © Robert H. McNeill
- 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
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Robert McNeill Photographs
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Object number
- 2014.276.2.6
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Entertainers
- Local and regional
- Nightlife
- Photography
- Place depicted
- 14th and T Streets, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Robert H. McNeill. Permission required for use.