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[Portrait of Bricktop (Ada Smith du Conge), Paris] – Vintage Photo Print

[Portrait of Bricktop (Ada Smith du Conge), Paris], 1934 June 22. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Bricktop (Ada Smith du Conge), Paris], 1934 June 22.. 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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A window into the past: [Portrait of Bricktop (Ada Smith du Conge), Paris], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Portrait of Bricktop (Ada Smith du Conge), Paris]

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Few entertainers were as well known in Paris between the wars as Bricktop, the nickname of Ada Smith du Conge, whose name appears in this record. Her nightclub drew American expatriates, writers, artists and performers, and she became a fixture of the city's jazz-age nightlife. This 1934 gelatin silver portrait comes from Carl Van Vechten's extensive series of celebrity sittings, which he made for many of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance and the wider cultural scene of the period.

Created / published1934 June 22.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XXXVII F 29. 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).
SubjectsBricktop,--1894-
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 972 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171572

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