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Sidney Bechet portrait collection

Title
Sidney Bechet portrait collection [graphic].
Publication
<1950?-1990?>

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Still imageUse in library Sc Photo Bechet, SidneySchomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Description
  • <5> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 26 x 21 cm. or smaller.
  • <1> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
Summary
Views of jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Sidney Bechet approximately dated between 1920 and 1960. Half-length portrait holding clarinet; half-length portrait playing the soprano saxophone; full-length portrait playing clarinet and the piano; half-length portrait on set with base player and trumpeter.
Donor/Sponsor
Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Group portraits – 1950-1989.
  • Portrait photographs – 1950-1989.
  • Silver gelatin photoprints – 1950-1989.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Call Number
Sc Photo Bechet, Sidney
OCLC
NYPG085000245-F
Title
Sidney Bechet portrait collection [graphic].
Imprint
<1950?-1990?>
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Portrait Collection.
Local Note
Negatives exist for some images.
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Sc Photo Bechet, Sidney
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