Some cool 1950 fashion images:
[Portrait of Sam Donahue and Hep, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946] (LOC)
Image by The Library of Congress
Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.
[Portrait of Sam Donahue and Hep, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Dec. 1946]
1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Caption from Down Beat: Probably no dance band ever has played to so many empty tables consistently as the Sam Donahue ork during the recent double booking with Lionel Hampton at the Aquarium. The operators decreed that Sam should play afternoons, and the place isn't open in the afternoon! A single customer, John Sorenson, who just got off a boat from Denmark, wandered in by mistake one day and was served by the entire skeleton staff of three waiters, a cashier, head waiter, cook and busboy. In one of these staff photos by got, Sam and the band are seen playing to an attentive audience, consisting of one cat, Hep. In the other Stan Kenton keeps lonely Sam company, while Nick Callonus, a waiter, stands ready to bring another drink.
Notes:
Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 112
Purchase William P. Gottlieb
Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
In: "Empty tables," Down Beat, v. 15, no. 26 (Dec. 16, 1946), p. 5.
Subjects:
Donahue, Sam
Hep
Jazz musicians--1940-1950.
Big bands--1940-1950.
Saxophonists--1940-1950.
Aquarium
Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Group portraits--1940-1950.
Film negatives--1940-1950.
Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig...
Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005
General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.10861
Call Number: LC-GLB13- 1086
"Broadcloth... Summer-Long Favorite," 1950
Image by alsis35 (now at ipernity)
The photographer really had it in for that poor model on the right. First off, she appears to be swathed in Scarlett O'Hara's drapes. Second, her chesticular region looks decidedly asymmetrical.
From the May issue of Family Circle magazine.
