Photographs
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Celley, Al
label: Collection Creator
content: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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content: Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947 - 1967
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1240, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The photographs contain black and white and color prints depicting Duke Ellington and his band members performing and traveling, portraits of Duke Ellington as well as portraits of other musicians/singers such as Louie Bellson, Dave Black, Kay Davis, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Erroll Garner, and Al Hibbler. Other publicity photographs include entertainers [Brigitte Bardot?], Sid Caesar, Jimmy Dean, Alice Faye, Steve Gibson and the Redcaps, the Smith Sisters, and the Jordanettes.  The photographs taken during Ellington's visit to Pakistan in 1963 were created by the United States Information Service (USIS).