[Portrait of Doris Day and Les Brown, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946] (LOC)

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.

[Portrait of Doris Day and Les Brown, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]

1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Caption from Down Beat: Les Brown and Doris Day

Notes:
 Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 103
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
Purchase William P. Gottlieb
Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
In: "What's keeping Les out of the top brackets?" Down Beat, v. 13, no. 15 (July 15, 1946), p. 3.

Subjects:
 Day, Doris, 1924-
Brown, Les, 1912-
Jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Women jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Jazz singers--1940-1950.
Actresses--1940-1950.
Composers--1940-1950.
Aquarium

Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Group portraits--1940-1950.
Film negatives--1940-1950.

Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig...

Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
(reference print) Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, loc.gov/rr/perform/

Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005

General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.01831

Call Number: LC-GLB13- 0183

Comments and faves

  1. ★

    Miss Martini (AnnaLynn M.), kluehirschSnowpine, billyjane, hank the elder, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.

  2. TXphotoblog (28 months ago | reply)

    I would have never thought this was Doris Day!

  3. scott*eric (28 months ago | reply)

    Woah, is her middrift showing? That's very racy for the time period!

  4. Blue States (28 months ago | reply)

    How old is she ? She looks so different..

  5. Dill Pixels (27 months ago | reply)

    As Groucho Marx said, this was before she was a virgin.

  6. TutkuTokol (27 months ago | reply)

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  7. Larry (LOC Music) (27 months ago | reply)

    She was 24 at the time this photograph was taken.

  8. Blue States (27 months ago | reply)

    I just saw her on TMC last night... A great movie with Kirk Douglas, Young Man with a Horn.
    that was 1950

  9. Manhattancity [deleted] (27 months ago | reply)

    Magnifique actrice que ma maman adorée !! Voilà vous savez maintenant d'où vient mon prénom ..... Doris

  10. recubejim (25 months ago | reply)

    Really? Doris Day was this young??

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