About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0368
  • TitleDuke Ellington
  • SummaryStudio portrait. Caption: "Duke Ellington, recently emblazoned with the title of 'Duke of Hot,' begins a personal appearance engagement [in Brooklyn] in the Capitol Theatre's new show starting Thursday. ..."
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 23, 1944. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectEllington, Duke, 1899-1974
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Portraits: Ellington, Duke