<I>Dizzy Gillespie at Newspaper Guild Canteen</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Photograph by
content: Arthur Leipzig, American, 1918 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: The NewsGuild – CWA, American, founded 1933
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photograph of Dizzy Gillespie and band by Arthur Leipzig. On the left there is an unidentified man, partially out of the image. He is in a black jacket with one hand on the bass drum. To the right a young unidentified man is seated at the drum kit holding drumsticks. He is wearing a white dress shirt, jacket, black pants, and bowtie. He is smiling and facing toward Dizzy Gillespie in the center of the image. Gillespie is standing holding a trumpet vertically in front of his chest. His body is facing toward the camera with his head tilted to the right. His mouth is open and his eyes are closed. Gillespie is wearing a pinstriped suit with a patterned tie and white shirt. In the corner is a man in a black suit resting one elbow on the piano to the right. The pianist has his back to the camera. Behind the piano is a striped flag. On the back wall is a cartoon of two newspaper writers at their typewriters. Above these figures is a collage of newspaper clippings inside black outlined letters, most of which are out of frame. [-COME] is partially visible. The print is inscribed and signed by the photographer on the reverse.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Bebop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
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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 Joel Leipzig in memory of Arthur Leipzig
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.67.2
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Arthur Leipzig
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. 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 (Image): 10 1/4 × 13 in. (26 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)