Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints [copy prints]
Driggs, Frank, 1930-
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
NMAH.AC.0389
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0.5 Cubic feet
1 box
1923-1972
English
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Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints [copy prints]
Arrangement
Collection arranged into ten series.
Scope and Contents note
Collection consists of 157 8" x 10" black-and-white photographic copy prints of photographs in Frank Driggs's collection: Duke Ellington and his orchestra. Some copy prints have Smithsonian negative numbers.
Preferred Citation
Frank Driggs Collection of Duke Ellington Photographic Reference Prints, 1923-1972, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Location of Originals
Copy negatives.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
The Archives Center does not own rights to these photographs. Contact respository for details.
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Frank Driggs, January 11, 1991.
Biographical/Historical note
Photographer and collector.
Ownership and Custodial History
Collection loaned to the Museum by Mr. Driggs, August 11, 1990. Copy prints and negatives were made by the Smithsonian Institution Office of Printing and Photographic Services and the original images were returned to Mr. Driggs, August 2, 1991.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives Center staff.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Related Materials
Materials at Other Organizations
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The Frank Driggs Jazz Photograph Collection was acquired by Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2013. The collection also includes posters, sheet music, records and Frank Driggs' personal papers.
Musicians -- United States
Music -- 20th century
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1980-2000
Photographs -- 20th century
Copy prints
Jazz musicians -- United States
Jazz
Reproductions
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Band Members
Series 1
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Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy -- Washington, D.C.
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1923
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1
Duke Ellington, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor -- Congress Hotel, Chicago
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1935
1
1
Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson -- Denver
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1942
1
1
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn -- Los Angeles
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1946
1
1
Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn -- Los Angeles
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circa1946
1
1
Wallace Jones, Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, Juan Tizol -- "Saturday Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown, -- "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Billy Taylor, Ellington Saxes – "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Rex Stewart, Sonny Greer – "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Billy Taylor, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Joe Nanton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Fred Guy, Juan Tizol, Ivie Anderson, Wallace Jones, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Sonny Greer – "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Duke Ellington – "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Billy Taylor, Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, Barney Bigard, "Saturday Night Swing Club" broadcast, CBS Radio
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1938
1
1
Ellington Orchestra, recording for Master Records,
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1937
1
1
Freddy Jenkins, Joe Nanton, Cootie Williams, Arthur Whetsol, Lawrence Brown -- Cotton Club, Harlem
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1933
1
1
Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown
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1933
1
1
Hayes Alvis, Freddy Guy, Sonny Greer, Billy Taylor -- Congress Hotel, Chicago
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1935
1
1
Ellington Saxes, Billy Taylor, Hayes Alvis
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1936
1
1
Wallace Jones, Barney Bigard, Joe Nanton -- Neptune Park; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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1939 July
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1
Ellington Saxes
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1
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Rex Stewart, Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard, Joe Nanton, Johnny Hodges, Juan Tizol -- Savoy Ballroom, New York
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1940
1
1
Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges -- private railroad car
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1940
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Sonny Greer -- private railroad car
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1940
1
1
Ben Webster, Otto Hardwicke, Harry Carney, Freddy Guy
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1940
1
1
Junior Raglin, Ray Nance -- Lakeside Park, Denver
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1942
1
1
Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Chauncey Haughton, Otto Hardwicke, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney -- Lakeside Park, Denver
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1942
1
1
Taft Jordon, Shelton Hemphill, Francis Williams, Bernard Flood, Cat Anderson, Wilbur De Paris, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown -- Pittsburgh
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1946
1
1
Jimmy Hamilton, Russell Procope, Harry Carney, Claude Jones, Harold Barer, Lawrence Brown
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circa 1945-1946
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1
Duke Ellington, Al Hibbler
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1947
1
1
Duke Ellington, Al Killian, Charlie Rouse, Harold Baker
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circa 1950
1
1
Jimmy Hamilton, Louis Bellson, Willie Smith, Harold Baker -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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1951
1
1
Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope -- Newport Jazz Festival; Newport, Rhode Island
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1956 July
1
1
Ellington at Piano
Series 2
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Duke Ellington -- Boston
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1933
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Duke Ellington at recording date
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1937
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2
Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart -- Gershwin Memorial Concert, Randall's Island Stadium, New York
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1938 May
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2
Duke Ellington – Randall's Island Jam Session, New York
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1938
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2
Duke Ellington, Hayes Alvis, Billy Taylor, Otto Hardwicke, Freddie Jenkins, Johnny Hodges, Freddy Guy – Randall's Island Jazz Festival
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1938 May
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2
Duke Ellington, Junior Raglin -- Denver
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1942
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2
Duke Ellington Freddy Guy, Junior Raglin -- Hurricane Club, New York
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1943
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2
Duke Ellington -- Hurricane Club
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1945
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2
Duke Ellington -- Carnegie Hall
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1945 or 1946
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2
Duke Ellington -- Columbia Records, New York
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1947 October
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2
Duke Ellington
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undated
1
2
Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy, Jimmy Blanton
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undated
1
2
Duke Ellington -- Toronto
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undated
1
2
Candid Shots
Series 3
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Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Sonny Greer, Ivie Anderson
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1940
1
3
Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, Harry Lin -- Colgate University Prom
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1940
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3
Duke Ellington, Jimmy Blanton -- Colgate University
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1940
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3
Duke Ellington
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1946
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3
Joe Nanton, Ivie Anderson
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1930s
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(L-R): Earl Tucker, Juan Tizol, Arthur Whetsol, Ivie Anderson, Joe Nanton, Harry Carney, Wellman Braud, Otto Hardwicke, Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy, Freddie Jenkins, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Sonny Greer -- Paramount Studios, Hollywood
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1934
1
3
Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Freddy Guy, Billy Taylor
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undated
1
3
Otto Hardwicke, Rex Stewart, Ivie Anderson, Sonny Greer
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1936
1
3
Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer, Ivie Anderson, Hayes Alvis, Rex Stewart, Lawrence Brown, Otto Hardwicke
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1936
1
3
Bill Bailey, Sonny Greer, Bessie Dudley, Otto Hardwicke
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1933
1
3
Ellington Conducting
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Duke Ellington, Wendell Marshall, Tyree Glenn
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circa 1949
1
4
Ellington with Friends
Series 4
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Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart, Django Reinhardt, Louis Vola, Pierre Ferret, Max Geldray, Joseph Reinhardt -- Inauguration of the Hot Club of France, Paris
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1939 April
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5
Duke Ellington, Inez Cavanaugh, Ralph Berton, Timme Rosenkrantz -- New York
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1946
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5
Duke Ellington, unidentified
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1934
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5
Duke Ellington -- L.M. Schmidlapp-Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, Ohio
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undated
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5
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Percy Grainger
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1935
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Duke Ellington and friend escorted to ballroom
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circa1933
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5
Duke Ellington, 5 unidentified women
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undated
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Duke Ellington, unidentified group
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1930 June
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5
Duke Ellington, unidentified woman, (Possibly Hazel Scott?)
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undated
1
5
Duke Ellington, 3 unidentifed women
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1940s
1
5
Duke Ellington, unidentified couple
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1940s
1
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Duke Ellington, unidentified couple
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Ellington with Military
Series 5
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Duke Ellington, Joya Sherrill -- Hartford, Connedcticut
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1943
1
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Ellington with Other Performers
Series 6
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Duke Ellington, Four Step Brothers -- Cotton Club, Harlem
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1938
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7
Duke Ellington, Edward Arnold, Melvyn Douglas, James Cagney -- NBC Red
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1941 September
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Duke Ellington, Ivie Anderson, Walter Fuller, Lois Deppe -- Grand Terrace Cafe, Chicago
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1941
1
7
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Hazel Scott, Mel Powell -- Cafe Society Uptown, New York
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circa 1941
1
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Duke Ellington, Teddy Wilson, Orson Welles, Cab Calloway -- Cafe Society, New York
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1943
1
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Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, c. 1945. (Most likely Esquire Concert in Los Angeles)
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Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Armstrong -- RCA Victor session
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1946 June
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Neal Hefti, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk -- Basin Street East, New York
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1956 April
1
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Duke Ellington, Louis Nye
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undated
1
7
International Tours
Series 7
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Duke Ellington broadcasts from the British Broadcasting Company (first European tour) -- London
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1933
1
8
Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard - BBC, London
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1933
1
8
Freddie Jenkins, Lawrence Brown, Cootie Williams, Juan Tizol -- BBC, London
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1933
1
8
Otto Hardwicke, Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges -- BBC, London
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1933
1
8
Duke Ellington -- Palladium, London
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1933
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Johnny Hodges, Joe Nanton, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Wallace Jones -- Amsterdam, Holland
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1939
1
8
(L-R) Harold Baker, unidentified, Shelton Hemphill, Duke Ellington, Nelson Williams, Ray Nance -- Paris
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1950
1
8
Outdoor concert -- Paris
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1950
1
8
Stockholm
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circa 1974
1
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Orchestra
Series 8
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Duke Ellington
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1935
1
9
Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Chauncey Haughton, Otto Hardwicke, Junior Raglin, Duke Ellington -- Lakeside Park Ballroom, Denver,
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1942
1
9
(L-R) Duke Ellington, Freddy Guy, Junior Raglin, Ben Webster, Sonny Greer, Johnny Hodges, Joe Nanton, Jimmy Hamilton, Wallace Jones, Juan Tizol, Harold Baker, Al Sears -- Hurricane Club, New York,
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1943
1
9
(L-R) Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington, Wallace Jones, Joe Nanton, Harold Baker, Ben Webster, Ray Nance, Juan Tizol, Rex Stewart, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, unidentified, Eddie Barefield, Harry Carney -- Hurricane Club, New York
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1943
1
9
Duke Ellington -- Hurricane Club, New York,
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1943
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Rex Stewart, Joe Nanton, Ray Nance -- Hurricane Club, New York
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1943
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Betty Roche -- Hurricane Club, New York
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1943
1
9
Duke Ellington
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undated
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Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnett, Battle of the Bands -- Los Angeles
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1945
1
9
Al Sears, Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Taft Jordan, Jimmy Hamilton, Harold Baker, Frank Williams, Russell Procope, Harry Carney -- Musicraft Records, New York
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1946 March
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9
(L-R) Wilbur De Paris, Lawrence Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Johnny Hodges, Freddy Guy, Al Sears, Sonny Greer, Wilson Myers, Harry Carney, Bernard Flood, Taft Jordan, Francis Williams, Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill -- Strand Theater
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circa May 1946
1
9
Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Wendell Marshall, Al Killian, Ben Webster, Harold Baker, Johnny Hodges, Shelton Hemphill, Tyree Glenn, Jimmy Hamilton, Francis Williams, Quentin Jackson, Russell Procope, Ray Nance, Harry Carney, Lawrence Brown -- Hollywood Empire, Los Angeles
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1949
1
9
Duke Ellington, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Johnny Hodges, Quentin Jackson, Russell Procope, Harry Carney, Britt Woodman, Cat Anderson, Ray Nance -- First Connecticut Jazz Festival
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1956-07-28
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Ellington Orchestra -- Newport Jazz Festival; Newport, Rhode Island
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1956 July
1
9
Wilbur Sweatman Orchestra
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March 5, 1923
1
9
Jefferson, Ralph Escudero, Duke Ellington, Wilbur Sweatman, Sonny Greer, John Anderson, Otto Hardwicke -- Lafayette Theater, New York
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1923 April
1
9
Duke Ellington's Washingtonians. Sonny Greer, Charlie Irvis, Bubber Miley, Elmer Snowden, Otto Hardwicke, Duke Ellington -- New York
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1924-1925
1
9
(L-R) Freddy Jenkins, Joe Nanton, Cootie Williams, Harry White, Arthur Whetsol, Sonny Greer, Duke Ellington, Harry Carney, Freddy Guy, Johnny Hodges, Wellman Braud, Barney Bigard
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1929
1
9
Freddy Jenkins, Wellman Braud, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Arthur Whetsol, Johnny Hodges, Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Barney Bigard, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Duke Ellington -- Oriental Theater, Chicago
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1931
1
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Wellman Braud, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Otto Hardwicke, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Sonny Greer, Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Arthur Whetsol, Barney Bigard, Freddie Jenkins, Freddy Guy -- Cotton Club, Harlem
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1932
1
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Lawrence Brown, Freddie Jenkins, Harry Carney, Barney Bigard, Freddy Guy
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1932
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9
(L-R) Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington, Freddie Jenkins, Otto Hardwicke, Arthur Whetsol, Harry Carney, Wellman Braud
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1933
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(L-R) Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Wellman Brud, Johnny Hodges, Arthur Whetsol, Joe Nanton, Otto Hardwicke, Bill Bailey, Freddy Guy, Freddie Jenkins, Duke Ellington, Derby Wilson, Harry Carney, Juan Tizol, Louis Bacon, Sonny Greer, Earl Tucker -- Dallas, Texas
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1933
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(L-R) Barney Bigard, Joe Nanton, Marshall Royal, Sonny Greer, Juan Tizol, Johnny Hodges, Lawrence Brown, Duke Ellington, Arthur Whetsol, Harry Carney, Freddie Jenkins, Freddy Guy, Wellman Braud
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1934
1
9
Snakehips Tucker, Duke Ellington Orchestra
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circa 1934
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Duke Ellington Orchestra -- Oriental Theatre, Chicago
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1935
1
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Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Joe Nanton, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwicke, Freddy Guy, Juan Tizol, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges
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1938
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9
(L-R) Freddie Jenkins, Joe Nanton, Cootie Williams, Juan Tizol, Arthur Whetsol, Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Harry Carney, Freddy Guy, Johnny Hodges, Wendall Braud, Barney Bigard -- Oriental Theater, Chicago
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1931
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(L-R) Juan Tizol, Joe Nanton, Duke Ellington, Cootie Williams, Freddie Jenkins, Freddy Guy, Harry Carney, Arthur Whetsol, Barney Bigard, Wendall Braud
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1933
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Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Freddy Guy, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Sonny Greer, Ben Webster, Otto Hardwicke, Jimmy Blanton, Harry Carney, Wallace Jones, Rex Stewart, Ray Nance -- Oriental Theater, Chicago
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1940
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Duke Ellington rehearsing for recording session
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undated
1
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Publicity
Series 9
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Duke Ellington
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1932
1
10
Duke Ellington
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1936
1
10
Duke Ellington
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circa1936-1937
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Duke Ellington
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1937
1
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Duke Ellington, Louise Franklin, Jump for Joy -- Los Angeles
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1941
1
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Duke Ellington, Max Silverman, owner of Quality Music -- Washington, D.C.
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1942
1
10
Duke Ellington
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circa 1945-1946
1
10
Duke Ellington
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undated
1
10
Advertisement for Small's engagement
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undated
1
10
Advertisement for Black and Tan
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undated
1
10
Advertisement for London Palladium show
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1933 June
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Marquee -- Brooklyn Paramount Theater
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1932
1
10
Duke Ellington publicity photo for Murder at the Vanities
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1934
1
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Ellington Orchestra publicity photo for Murder at the Vanities
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1934
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10
Duke Ellington publicity photo for It Ain't No Sin, 1
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1934
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10
Duke Ellington on RKO lot
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1930
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Ellington musicians and actors, Black and Tan Fantasy (RKO short)
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1929
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Duke Ellington -- Hurricane Club, New York
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1945
1
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Duke Ellington
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circa 1947
1
10
Advertisement -- Cotton Club, New York
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undated
1
10
Duke Ellington
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undated
1
10
Sacred Concert
Series 10
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(L-R) Joe Benjamin, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, unidentified, Duke Ellington, Mercer Ellington, unidentified, Russell Procope, Tom Whaley, Harold Johnson, Norris Turney, Ray Nance, Harold Ashby, Rufus Jones -- St. Paul's Cathedral, Toronto
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1972
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