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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Lester Young, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946] Caption from Down Beat: It occurred to me that Lester is the one man whose stance is so unique that he is recognizable from whatever angle photographed. So here is one from the back, taken, incidentally, at The Spotlite

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[ published print (The Golden Age of Jazz, Pomegranate Artbooks) ]

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Title

  • [Portrait of Lester Young, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946]

Other Title

  • Caption from Down Beat: It occurred to me that Lester is the one man whose stance is so unique that he is recognizable from whatever angle photographed. So here is one from the back, taken, incidentally, at The Spotlite

Alternate Title

  • Caption from Down Beat: It occurred to me that Lester is the one man whose stance is so unique that he is recognizable from whatever angle photographed. So here is one from the back, taken, incidentally, at The Spotlite

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1946, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Young, Lester, 1909-1959
  • -  Jazz musicians -- 1940-1950
  • -  Saxophonists -- 1940-1950
  • -  Fifty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- 1940-1950
  • -  Spotlite (Club)

Genre

  • graphic

Notes

  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
  • -  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
  • -  In: The Record Changer, v. 5, no. 7 (Sept. 46, 1946), p. 13.
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 498 (gottlieb assignment)
  • -  498 (assignment)
  • -  Spotlite (Club) (venue)
  • -  LC-GLB23-0944 DLC (stock number)
  • -  got99000944 (got)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.09441 (url)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.09443 (url)

Form

  • electronic resource
  • remote
  • nonprojected graphic
  • photonegative
  • graphic

Extent

  • 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Repository

  • Music Division

Access Condition

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

LC Classification

  • LC-GLB23- 0944

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Lester Young, Spotlite Club, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. United States, 1946. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.09441/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (1946) Portrait of Lester Young, Spotlite Club, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. United States, 1946. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.09441/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Lester Young, Spotlite Club, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.09441/>.