Ayler, Ethel, as Zirata, and Melvin Stewart as Simple in Simply Heavenly, musical with book and lyrics by Langston Hughes and music by David Martin - Yale University Library

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Description

Title: Ayler, Ethel, as Zirata, and Melvin Stewart as Simple in Simply Heavenly, musical with book and lyrics by Langston Hughes and music by David Martin
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Contributor: Ayler, Ethel, 1934?
Stewart, Melvin
Published / Created: 1957 June 10
Publication Place: New York
Description: Inscription: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 146 Central Park West. Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Extent: 3 photographic prints
approx. 25 x 15.5 cm.
b&w
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: JWJ MSS 1050
Collection Title: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Collection / Other Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Collection Date: 1800-1971
Collection Note: Series IV. Photographs. Selected Photographic Prints. Photographic Prints. Portraits
Container / Volume: Box 83 | Folder 1374

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Photographic prints
Photographs
Studio portraits
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Ayler, Ethel, 1934?
Stewart, Melvin
Subject (Topic): African American actors
African American actresses

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To contact the Van Vechten Trust, email vanvechtentrust@gmail.com.
Citation: Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 13211157
Object ID (OID): 2020553

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