Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 110 | Folder 2047
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
One print formerly formed part of the Langston Hughes bequest.
Description:
In pencil verso: Hughes bequest. In ink verso: Langston Hughes / as Stage Door / Canteen Volunteer Worker / during World War II, / New York, Winter, 1944, / with actress Peggy Anne Garnes. In ink verso: Around / Feb. 16, / 1944. Stamped verso: Photograph
For medium voice and piano., First line: De railroad bridge is a sad song in de air., Illustrated title page in brown, black, and white; design by Mordi depicts a Black man, with head thrown back, standing in the foreground; a railroad track winds to a country house in the distance., and Advertisement for "New songs by Jacques Wolfe" (with his portrait and musical excerpts) on p. [6].
Publisher:
Robbins Music Corp
Subject (Name):
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 and Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
Subject (Topic):
Songs (Medium voice) with piano and African Americans