The Struggles and Triumphs of Bessie Jones, Big Mama Thornton, and Ethel Waters
Item
Ethel Waters. Cabin in the Sky- No. XVI s 13
Title
Ethel Waters. Cabin in the Sky- No. XVI s 13
Rights
Carl Van Vechten photograph/Beinecke Library ©Van Vechten Trust.
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust granted on Nov 3, 2019.
Photograph by Carl Van Vechten used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust granted on Nov 3, 2019.
Creator
Carl Van Vechten
Date
1940 November 17
Description
Portrait of Ethel Waters sitting in front of floral background. Ethel Waters as Petunia Jackson in Cabin in the Sky, musical with music by Vernon Duke, book by Lynn Root, lyrics by John La Touche, and vocal arrangements by Hugh Martin
Contributor
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Identifier
JWJ MSS 1050
Source
Carl Van Vechten papers relating to African American arts and letters, 1800-1971.
Host Note:
Series IV. Photographs. Selected Photographic Prints. Photographic Prints. Portraits
Box:
108
Folder:
1970
Volume/Enumeration:
Roll number XVI s.
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13211157
Image is available through Beinecke's Digital Collections
https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3521461
Host Note:
Series IV. Photographs. Selected Photographic Prints. Photographic Prints. Portraits
Box:
108
Folder:
1970
Volume/Enumeration:
Roll number XVI s.
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13211157
Image is available through Beinecke's Digital Collections
https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3521461
