Waters, Ethel, 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 - Yale University Library

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Description

Title: Waters, Ethel, 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
Creator: Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Contributor: Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
Published / Created: 1940 November 17
Publication Place: New York
Description: Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Extent: 25.2 x 20.2 cm.
9 photographic prints
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 108 | Folder 1971

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Photographic prints
Photographs
Studio portraits
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Name): Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977
Subject (Topic): African American actresses
African American entertainers
African American women jazz singers
African American women singers
Blues (Music)
Harlem Renaissance

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): 2028470

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