Photograph of Mary Lou Williams playing piano with Andy Kirk and his orchestra
date: label: Date
content: 1930s; autographed 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Gordon Conner Studio, American
label: Subject of
content: Mary Lou Williams, American, 1910 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Andy Kirk, American, 1898 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy, American, 1929 - 1948
label: Subject of
content: Joe Glaser, American, 1896 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph, landscape orientation, of Mary Lou Williams playing the piano with Andy Kirk and his Orchestra. Mary Lou is at the piano on the left side of the image, with the conductor behind her to the left, with the remaining orchestra are on levels going up towards the right, with the drums on the far right. Printed in white in bottom left corner of image, appears like handwritting, reads [Gordon/Conner/CLEVELAND]. Handwritten note in blue ink in bottom right corner of image, reads [To Serbert/Really fantastic/Yours Love/Mary Lou Williams/1980]. Captioned below the image, on white border with black type, reads [ANDY KIRT/And His Orchestra] on the left, and [Direction/JOE GLASER/R.C.A. Building 30 Rockefeller Plaza/New York, N.Y.] on the right. Nothing on reverse.
place: label: Place captured
content: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.10
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)