William P. Gottlieb photographs

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id: 11070
origination: Gottlieb, William P.
date statement: 1938-1948
key date: 1938
identifier (local_mss): 25763
org unit: Music Division
call number: JPB 19-04
b-number: (missing)
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created: 2019-07-23 19:52:16 UTC
updated: 2026-06-26 18:11:22 UTC
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unitid: {"value"=>"25763", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"JPB 19-04", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate: {"value"=>"1938-1948", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1938/1948"}
unittitle: {"value"=>"William P. Gottlieb photographs"}
physdesc: {"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"8 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.67 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository: {"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
abstract: {"value"=>"William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006) was a writer and photographer known for documenting jazz musicians, particularly for <span class=\"title\">Down Beat</span> magazine. The collection consists of black and white photographs taken by Gottlieb of jazz, classical, and pop musicians between 1938 and 1948."}
langmaterial: {"value"=>"English"}
origination: {"value"=>"Gottlieb, William P.", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"<p>William P. Gottlieb was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1917 and died in 2006 in Great Neck, New York. He was a photographer and journalist who became known particularly for his portraits and reviews of jazz musicians. Beginning in the late 1930s, he covered jazz for <span class=\"title\">The Washington Post</span>. Between 1943 and 1945, he served in the Army Air Corp as a photo officer. After the war, he took up residence in New York, where he worked for <span class=\"title\">Down Beat</span> magazine as a staff writer and photographer. In 1948, he retired from photography. He subsequently started a filmstrip company and also wrote several children's books. A book of his photographs entitled <span class=\"title\">The Golden Age of Jazz</span> was published by Simon and Schuster in 1979. In 1994, several of his jazz photographs were featured as United States postage stamps.</p>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of approximately 500 black and white photographs taken by William Gottlieb of jazz, classical, and pop musicians between the years 1938 and 1948. The majority of the photographs were taken during performances and rehearsals inside New York City night clubs, including the Aquarium, the Spotlite Club, the Pied Piper, the Onyx Club, Eddie Condon's, and the Famous Door. Several photographs were taken at the National Press Club and the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., at the Decca Records Studio, and at the offices of <span class=\"title\">Down Beat</span> magazine.</p>"}
arrangement: {"value"=>"<p>Collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.</p>"}
acqinfo: {"value"=>"<p>Collection was donated by William Gottlieb in 1983.</p>"}
revisiondesc: {"value"=>"Two folders added by Jessica Wood", "date"=>"2026 February"}
date_start: 1938
keydate: 1938
date_end: 1948
date_inclusive_start: 1938
date_inclusive_end: 1948
prefercite: {"value"=>"William P. Gottlieb photographs, JPB 19-04. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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