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[Portrait of Helen Morgan] – Historic Photograph Print

[Portrait of Helen Morgan], 1932 June 23. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Helen Morgan], 1932 June 23.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few performers of the early 1930s were as closely linked to the torch song as Helen Morgan, whose 1932 sitting with Carl Van Vechten survives as a gelatin silver print dated June 23. Morgan won fame on Broadway in *Show Boat* in 1927, where her performance of Julie and her rendition of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" became signature moments, and she later became known for singing sorrowful songs while seated on a nightclub piano. Van Vechten, a novelist turned photographer who portrayed many stage and literary figures, made this portrait part of a large group of celebrity photographs now held by the Library of Congress.

Created / published1932 June 23.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: FF 19. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsMorgan, Helen,--1900-1941.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan668 × 849 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-197412

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