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Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club

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Creator:Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006
Title:Duke Ellington at the Hurricane Club
Date:1943
Description:

Black-and-white photograph featuring Duke Ellington performing with a band at the Hurricane Club in New York, New York. He is seated at a piano and smiling while over his left shoulder.

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Types:Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 | African American musicians--New York (State)--New York | African American men--New York (State)--New York | African American jazz musicians--New York (State)--New York | Hurricane Club (New York, N.Y.) | New York (N.Y.)
Collection:African American Odyssey
Institution:Library of Congress
Contributors:Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress)
Online Publisher:Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress
Original Material:

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection (b&w film neg.); (digital file from original negative)

Related Materials:

Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.

Persistent Link to Item:http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/08/0811001r.jpg