Photographs, Duke Ellington Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Photographer
content: DeCarava, Roy
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Musicians -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: African American musicians
label: Topic
content: African American musicians
creator: label: Collector
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
label: Photographer
content: DeCarava, Roy
culture: label: Culture
content: African Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Duke Ellington Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924-1972, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0301, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains black and white and color photographs, contact sheets, slides, and negatives documenting Duke Ellington's career as a musician and the evolution of the Duke Ellington Orchestra between 1924 and 1972. The photographs depict the orchestra and its various band members and singers in domestic concerts and international tours, Ellington with presidents and heads of state, Ellington's family, the Sacred Concerts, and publicity shots of Ellington.

Images of particular interest include Duke Ellington with Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, and prominent musicians including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, and Billy Strayhorn. The images also document places of interest where Ellington performed, such as Birdland, Westminster Cathedral, and the ancient theatre in Baghdad. Of particular interest are photographs of the original Cotton Club Orchestra and the Washingtonians, Duke Ellington's first band.

The photographs are arranged into subject categories such as Awards, Band Members, Duke Ellington at the Piano, Friends and Associates, International Tours, Publicity, etc.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Miscellaneous photographs of musicians, concerts, etc. Includes work by famed photographer Roy de Carava, ca. 1960s (Box 1, folders 33, 34, and 35, and other locations in the series).