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Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division

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Entertainers

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The Vaudevillians

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Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano.

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Title
Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano.
Collection

Entertainers

The Vaudevillians

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1920 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Entertainers
Topics
African Americans in the performing arts
Bands
African American musicians
Vaudeville -- United States
Genres
Photographs
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 21 x 26 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG05-F10372
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16181532
Accession number: 87-67-31
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 78ee6fb0-c606-012f-4bac-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1920: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3004f71-f8fe-c15e-e040-e00a1806628f

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3004f71-f8fe-c15e-e040-e00a1806628f

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3004f71-f8fe-c15e-e040-e00a1806628f

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3004f71-f8fe-c15e-e040-e00a1806628f | title= (still image) Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano., (1920)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Group portrait of vaudeville musicians, with, possibly, Billie Purl on piano.