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The Glamorous Life from the beginning by Nichelle Gainer

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    Billie Holiday, seen here with her beloved dog, Mister, in a photo by Carl Van Vechten, was born on this day in 1915. Little did Eleanora Fagan know that she would be remembered forever.

    Billie Holiday, seen here with her beloved dog, Mister, in a photo by Carl Van Vechten, was born on this day in 1915. Little did Eleanora Fagan know that she would be remembered forever.

    — 1 month ago with 206 notes
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Billie Holiday in New York, 1943 - Photographed by Gjon Mili

    Billie Holiday in New York, 1943 - Photographed by Gjon Mili

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    — 4 months ago with 502 notes
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    Billie Holiday singing “Fine and Mellow” with the with the Mal Waldron All Stars: Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Doc Cheatham, Vic DickinsonBen Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Milt HintonOsie Johnson and Mal Waldron on “The Sound of Jazz,” a CBS television special that aired on December 8, 1957.

    — 5 months ago with 66 notes
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    Billie Holiday in 1949 by Carl Van Vechten. From Farah Jasmine Griffin’s If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday:

The photographer remembers photographing her for two hours, and while she was initially despondent, she returned from a brief sojourn “on a different plane, all energy, sympathy, cooperation and interest.”

    Billie Holiday in 1949 by Carl Van Vechten. From Farah Jasmine Griffin’s If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday:

    The photographer remembers photographing her for two hours, and while she was initially despondent, she returned from a brief sojourn “on a different plane, all energy, sympathy, cooperation and interest.”

    — 6 months ago with 181 notes
    #Vintage Black Glamour  #Billie Holiday  #Carl Van Vechten  #black and white  #photography 
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Billie Holiday and her boxer Mister in her dressing room, 1946.

THIS is Billie Holiday in 1946. Does she look anything like this woman to you?

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    Billie Holiday and her boxer Mister in her dressing room, 1946.

    THIS is Billie Holiday in 1946. Does she look anything like this woman to you?

    — 1 year ago with 265 notes
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    Billie Holiday in 1949 by Carl Van Vechten. From Farah Jasmine Griffin’s If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday:
The photographer remembers photographing her for two hours, and while she was initially despondent, she returned from a brief sojourn “on a different plane, all energy, sympathy, cooperation and interest.”

    Billie Holiday in 1949 by Carl Van Vechten. From Farah Jasmine Griffin’s If You Can’t Be Free, Be a Mystery: In Search of Billie Holiday:

    The photographer remembers photographing her for two hours, and while she was initially despondent, she returned from a brief sojourn “on a different plane, all energy, sympathy, cooperation and interest.”

    — 1 year ago with 181 notes
    #Vintage Black Glamour  #vintage  #Billie Holiday  #Carl Van Vechten 
    Public Service Announcement: This is NOT Billie Holiday! This is also NOT Valaida Snow! The woman in the photo, taken in 1960 by William Claxton, is the wife of blues trumpeter, Donald Byrd.

    Public Service Announcement: This is NOT Billie Holiday! This is also NOT Valaida Snow! The woman in the photo, taken in 1960 by William Claxton, is the wife of blues trumpeter, Donald Byrd.

    — 1 year ago with 105 notes
    #Billie Holiday  #Valaida Snow  #Vintage Black Glamour  #jazz  #vintage  #Donald Byrd  #William Claxton