Ellabelle Davis altering dress for Louise Crane
View of soprano Ellabelle Davis, altering dress on Louise Crane. Printed on front: "Ellabelle Davis, soprano. National Concert and Artists Corporation, 711 Fifth Avenue, New York 22, N.Y." Label on back: "For 'Auld Lang Syne.' Recalling how she got her start on the road to musical fame when discovered singing at her work as a seamstress for Louise Crane, of the Massachusetts paper family, Ellabelle Davis, sensational American Negro soprano, who will be heard at the [blank] in [blank] on [blank], posed on a recent visit to her sponsor's home between concert engagements for this reminiscent picture and showed that her hand had not lost its skill as she performed a minor alteration on one of Miss Crane's hostess gowns. Photo: Robert M. Lewis."
- Creator:
- Lewis, Robert M.
- Resource ID:
- hk000606
- Subject:
- Davis, Ellabelle, 1907-1960
- African American women singers
- Crane, Louise, 1913-1997
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- E. Azalia Hackley Collection
- Location:
- Biography--Davis, Ellabelle
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.