<I>The Birth of Blues</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1947
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Billie Holiday, American, 1915 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Luis Russell, Panamanian, 1902 - 1963
label: Owned by
content: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987
notes: label: Description
content: A program for the Boston Symphony Hall that features Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. The program includes biographies and photographs of the performers. The cover features black text and a photograph of Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. The text on the cover reads: [The Birth of the Blues / Billie Holiday / Louis Armstrong / Symphony Hall, Friday, April 18 1947]. The interior pages contains additional information about the jazz musicians. The back cover is an advertisement for Eddie Levine's New Musical Cocktail Lounge.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Maxine Sullivan Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.29.100
objectType: label: Type
content: programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 1/8 × 9 in. (33.3 × 22.9 cm)