Billie Holiday being questioned by her attorney, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950

Item Overview

Title

Billie Holiday being questioned by her attorney, Walter L. Gordon, Jr., Los Angeles, 1950

Photographer

McLain's Photo Service

Date Created

1950

Date

1950

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Notes

Description

All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Los Angeles attorney Walter L. Gordon, Jr. represented Billie Holiday in a breach of contract case when she was sued for $75,000 by Edward Fishman (her one-time agent).

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Names

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959
Gordon, Walter L., Jr., 1908-2012

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Legal

Singers--United States
African American lawyers--California--Los Angeles
African American women singers