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Classic Jazz Singers

A collection of vintage black and white images featuring elegant jazz singers in glamorous attire, showcasing jazz as a soulful and timeless art form.

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a negro woman smiling and looking backwards.
Vintage Photograph. Portrait of a negro woman smiling and looking backwards.
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Grace Bumbry, 1967.
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Ethel Waters (1896-1977), American blues singer, portrait by Carl Van Vechten, August 28, 1938.
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KATY JURADO.
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Louis Armstrong and singer, England, Great Britain
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PAM GRIER in JACKIE BROWN (1997), directed by QUENTIN TARANTINO.
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Coretta Scott King, head and shoulders Portrait, Democratic National Convention, New York City, New York, USA, Warren K. Leffler, July 13, 1976
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Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, half-length portrait at Lectern during Press Conference, Bernard Gotfryd, 1972
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The Black Patti, Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones, African American Soprano, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Theatrical Poster, 1889
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Milly Small from Jamaica at Schiphol, Parts Grand Gala du Disque, Milly Small. October 2, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Althea Gibson, holding tennis racquet, in New York City, 1956. Gibson was the first African-American athlete to win a Grand Slam tournament, the French Championships singles event (BSLOC_2020_2_200)
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Tía Marina Habichuela (María Carmona Fernández). Monasterio de San Jerónimo, Sevilla. 1985.
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Anefo photo collection. Minister Irene Vorrink in the Lower House. October 30, 1975
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QUEEN LATIFAH in BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (2003), directed by ADAM SHANKMAN.
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Annie Lee Moss, 48, was suspended from her Pentagon job in 1954 after she was accused of being a Communist Party member in the 1940s. She presented herself as a sympathetic figure when interrogated by Roy Cohn. Public support for her contributed to the Joseph McCarthy's and Cohn's downfall.
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Subject, Ivy Anderson, featured singer in Duke Ellington's orchestra , Singers, Anderson, Ivie. Jack Miller Collection
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Rosa Parks speaks at a rally
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Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) and Martha Promise Ledbetter, Wilton, Conn. circa February 1935.
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La cantante estadounidense Dionne Warwick.
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Joey Adams with American singer Pearl Bailey. Comedian Joey Adams obtained £535 a week for a U.S Government-sponsored tour of South-East Asia last year. This salary, twice that of many Government officials, has angered a U.S. Congressman. January 29, 1955.;Joey Adams with American singer Pearl Bailey. Comedian Joey Adams obtained £535 a week for a U.S Government-sponsored tour of South-East Asia last year. This salary, twice that of many Government officials, has angered a U.S. Congressman.
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Bessie Coleman (1892-1926), was an early African American pilot. She started flying in France at the Ecole d'Aviation des Freres Caudon at Le Crotoy. From 1922 to 1926, she did exhibition flying, refusing to fly for segregated events. She died in a test flight in 1926.
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Anefo photo collection. American film star Cicely Tyson during press conference in Utrecht. 26 February 1973. Utrecht
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Young woman, East Germany, around 1986
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Barbara Jordan, Congresswoman, 1972-78 - digital file from original | Library of Congress
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Vocalist MAVIS STAPLES sings at the MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
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SABU.
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Music legend Aretha Franklin performs one of her songs during the VH1 Divas live concert April 14, 1998 in New York City.
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IMAN in THE HUMAN FACTOR (1979), directed by OTTO PREMINGER.
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Bessie Coleman (1892 - 1926) American civil aviator, the first woman of African-American descent and the first of Native American descent, to hold a pilot license
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BILLIE HOLIDAY in BILLIE (2019), directed by JAMES ERSKINE.
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CASSI DAVIS in HOUSE OF PAYNE (2006) -Original title: HOUSE OF PAYNE-TV-, directed by TYLER PERRY.
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters addresses crowd at the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center during a 1992 Clinton/Gore campaign rally in So. Central, LA
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ANGELA BASSETT in MALCOLM X (1992), directed by SPIKE LEE.
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Philip Michael Thomas, On-set of the Film, "Book of Numbers", AVCO Embassy Films, 1973
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Umm Kulthum (1898 - 1975), renowned Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress. She was given the honorific title Kawkab El Sharq "Star of the Orient". Umm Kulthum was known for her extraordinary vocal ability and style, and she was one of the greatest and most influential singers of the 20th century, where she has sold over 80 million records worldwide
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DIANNE REEVES performs at THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
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12/31/1974. Sara Montiel and her Daughter in an image from the 70s.
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Mary Lou Williams, 1937.
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Eche DEU, Deutschland, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-90 Ruhr Area.Kuenstlerin (Gesang) Fasia Jansen .ca 1971 DEU, Dortmund: Personalities from politics, business and culture from the years 1965-90
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Althea Gibson was the first African American to play in the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in 1950. The 23 year old lost her second round match with Louise Brough, three-time defending Wimbledon champion at the West Side Club in Forest Hills. (BSLOC_2015_14_220)
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WHITNEY HOUSTON in WHITNEY (2018), directed by KEVIN MCDONALD and KEVIN MACDONALD. Robyn Crawford and Friends.
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RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1977
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African American woman, half-length portrait, facing front. Photographic print, gelatin silver. From types of American Negroes compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois.
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American vocalist Billie Holiday during a recording session for Columbia Records. New York, 1957.
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Emperor KHAI Dinh of Vietnam, 1885-1925 (prince Nguyen Hoang Tong), puppet emperor installed 18th May 1916 by the French, 20th century photograph
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NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.
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Jane C. Wright (b. 1919), worked with her father at the Cancer Research Foundation at Harlem Hospital in the 1950s, conducting early chemotherapy trials. She joined the faculty of New York University in 1955, and was head of the Cancer Chemotherapy Department in 1967. In 1971, Dr. Wright became the first woman president of the New York Cancer Society. 1958 portrait by Irwin Gooen.
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Vintage photograph. Portrait of smiling woman wearing sari
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Partitura musical y cancionero. Niña Isabel, fox-fado de Augusto Algueró, letra de Arthur Kaps, interpretado por Ana Maria González. Barcelona, 1948.
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Shirley Chisholm (1924 2005) was an American politician, educator, and author.[1 In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, [2 and she represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
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Indian bollywood singer, asha bhosle, mumbai, maharashtra, india, asia India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox
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Anefo photo collection. Visit Queen Juliana, PR. Bernhard, PR. Beatrix PR. Claus Ethiopia. January 31, 1969. Ethiopia
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Anefo photo collection. Public hearing on nuclear weapons and disarmament, organized by the World Council of Churches in VU, Amsterdam. UN ambassador Gwendoline Konie. November 23, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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FBI Wanted poster for Angela Davis. Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, although she was never a party member.
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1972 Campaign Poster for Shirley Chisholm, presidential candidate and US Representative, New York, NY, 1972. (Photo by Shirley Chisholm Campaign/GG Vintage Images)
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THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS (2022), directed by YORUBA RICHEN and JOHANNA HAMILTON.