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[Sid Caesar, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, playing saxophone] – Vintage Wall Art

[Sid Caesar, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, playing saxophone], 1955 — historic photograph
[Sid Caesar, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, playing saxophone], 1955. 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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[Sid Caesar, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, playing saxophone]

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This portrait shows comedian Sid Caesar in a half-length pose, facing right, with a saxophone in hand, a reminder that music came before comedy for him. Caesar played saxophone in dance bands and served in the Coast Guard band during World War II before turning to comedy. By 1955 he was among television's biggest stars, having led the sketch series *Your Show of Shows* on NBC. The photograph comes from the Look Magazine collection, which documented the entertainers and public figures of the era for a wide general readership.

Created / published1955
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1950-1960.Photographic prints 1950-1960.
NotesForms part of: Look Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCaesar, Sid,--1922-
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,307 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-199010

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