[Portrait of Tommy Dorsey, Beryl Davis, Georgie Auld, Ray McKinley, Johnny Desmond, Vic Damone, Mel Tormé, Mary Lou Williams, and Josh White, WMCA, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947] (LOC)

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.

[Portrait of Tommy Dorsey, Beryl Davis, Georgie Auld, Ray McKinley, Johnny Desmond, Vic Damone, Mel Tormé, Mary Lou Williams, and Josh White, WMCA, New York, N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947]

1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Caption from Down Beat: Tommy Dorsey (top right) interviews the English pigeon, Beryl Davis, for his first disc jockey stint, with such names as Georgie Auld, Ray McKinley, Mary Lou Williams, Josh White and others visible in the background.

Notes:
 Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 113
Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
Purchase William P. Gottlieb
Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
In: "Picture views of music world personalities," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 21 (Oct. 8, 1947), p. 20.

Subjects:
 Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956
Davis, Beryl
Auld, Georgie, 1919-
McKinley, Ray
Desmond, Johnny
Damone, Vic
Tormé, Mel, 1925-
Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-
White, Josh
Jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Disc jockeys--1940-1950.
Trombonists--1940-1950.
Women jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Jazz singers--1940-1950.
WMCA

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.02091

Call Number: LC-GLB23- 0209

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