Portrait of Leadbelly, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948

Gottlieb, William P. (1917-2006‏)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
ca. 1940
Height:
10.8 cm  (4 1/4 in.)
Width:
8.3 cm  (3 1/4 in.)
Technique / Medium:
photography

    Item location

  • Library of Congress
    William P. Gottlieb - Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz[Museum inv. no.: LC-GLB23-1355 DLC (b&w film neg.)]Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington D.C. 20540 USA

Description

Supporting his acoustic guitar with his right knee, Leadbelly sings into a ribbon microphone.

People as subjects

Leadbelly (1885-1949) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (12 strings, six pegs on the bottom are visible. Head is carved out with strings threaded through. Leadbelly appears to have a thumb pick on his right thumb.)

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3370