Smithsonian Museum

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

Topic

African American

Advertising

Entertainers

Local and regional

Nightlife

Photography

Restrictions & Rights

© Robert H. McNeill. Permission required for use.

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Collection title

Robert McNeill Photographs

Classification

Media Arts-Photography

Place depicted

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

Object number

2014.276.2.6