Carl Van Vechten Photographic Portrait Collection
Bust length portrait of Cab Calloway grinning [XX b 3]
Fine, Large Portrait of Nora Holt ("Lasca Sartoris"), Inscribed by Her [VIII L 34]
Photo of Pearl Bailey, Signed "To Saul" [VI CC 17]
Portrait of Juanita Hall as "Bloody Mary" in South Pacific [xii gg 6]
Portrait of Paul Robeson as Othello [AA VII 14]
Portrait photograph of Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905-1950)
Portrait photograph of Cab Calloway singing, in white suit [xx b 17]
Portrait photograph of Carol Brice XX!! CC 18]
Portrait photograph of Claude Marchant [XX CC 0]
Portrait Photograph of Diahann Carroll in "House of Flowers" xii ww 6]
Portrait Photograph of Ella Fitzgerald [XIV q 9]
Portrait Photograph of Ella Fitzgerald [XIV Q 26]
Portrait photograph of Ethel Waters, I [X N:11]
Portrait photograph of Ethel Waters, II [X N: 27]
Portrait photograph of Ethel Waters, III [XVII s 8]
Portrait photograph of Gloria Davy as Aida, Act I, Scene I, “Ritisma Vincito“ [II qq 14]
Portrait Photograph of Harry Belafonte, face uplifted in song, in "Almanac" [VIII LL]
Portrait Photograph of Harry Belafonte in "Almanac" [VIII LL 13]
Portrait Photograph of John Birks ('Dizzy') Gillespie, I [I OO 6]
Portrait Photograph of John Birks ('Dizzy') Gillespie, II [I 00 20]
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