<I>Billie Holiday at a dinner party under a "Lady Day" sign</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1952
name: label: Photograph by
content: Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Jimbo's Bop City, American, 1950 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
notes: label: Description
content: This black and white photograph depicts Billie Holiday seated behind a table with a large group of people. Above her head on the wall is a large white sign with text that reads Lady Day." Wearing a light colored formal dress with spaghetti straps, a large bow in her hair, and a choker necklace, Billie Holiday leans forward and slightly to her right. Her gaze is directed towards her right. Seated to her left is a man in a gray suit and bowtie, leaning to his left towards a man standing at the end of the table, also in a gray suit. On Billie Holiday's right is a woman in a black dress. A man and woman sit beyond her. Three people, two women and a man, sit across the table from Billie Holiday, with their backs to the viewer. A man in a light colored suit and dark tie is visible in the bottom left foreground.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Fillmore, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Bebop (Music)
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Nightlife
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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 Mary E. Jackson, Posthumously and Linda A. Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.117.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Linda A. Jackson
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): 7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (19 × 24 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)