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Title
Photographer Bob Douglas
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Creator
Charles, Roland
Date Created and/or Issued
1996
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Jazz photographer Bob Douglas, who began photographing in the local clubs in Detroit. In 1948 he moved to Los Angeles and photographed the Los Angeles jazz scene including the historic Central Avenue clubs. He also worked as a photographer for the Los Angeles Edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, the California Eagle and the Los Angeles Sentinel. He has immortalized jazz greats such as Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson and Charlie Parker. He has been exhibited widely.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00036655
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Photography-Photographers-Douglas, Bob.
CARL0000039154
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/97428
Subject
Douglas, Robert,--photographer
Photographers--California--Los Angeles
Jazz--California--Los Angeles

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