There is a stash of photographs of Duke Ellington from the collection of photographer Teenie Harris presently posted to the website of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Here is the gallery - a veritable time capsule of a vanished era. A small number of the photographs feature Ellington as a face or a name only on an advertising poster or a photograph in the window of a restaurant. These evocative shots conjure Duke's pervasive influence on mid-20th Century American culture and are included here also.
No infringement of copyright is intended. The relevant pages on the Carnegie Museum of Art website may be found here
Duke Ellington at piano, with band and drums initialed “S. G.,” on stage
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1944
Duke Ellington with arms around two women, including Mary Dee on left, in interior
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1945-1949
Duke Ellington seated at edge of stage signing autographs for patients at Veteran’s Hospital, Aspinwall
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- December 1948
Duke Ellington seated at edge of stage signing autographs for patients at Veteran’s Hospital, Aspinwall
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- December 1948
Duke Ellington talking with Pittsburgh Courier columnist Julia Bumry Jones in Loendi Club
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1938-1945
Duke Ellington with arm around woman and holding microphone, on stage with piano in background
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1945-1950
Duke Ellington with arm around woman and holding microphone, on stage with piano in background
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1945-1950
Duke Ellington looking at neckties in store, with woman wearing coat with fur cuffs standing beside him, and man behind counter
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1945-1950
Trio of musicians performing with drums, saxophone and piano, in club with Duke Ellington on Miller High Life beer advertisement in background
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1950-1960
Duke Ellington wearing plaid bathrobe standing next to radio broadcaster Joe Tucker, with WWSW microphone between them
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- 1942
Duke Ellington at piano, with Billy Strayhorn looking on, and possibly dancer Ralph Brown on top, backstage in Stanley Theatre
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1940-1946
Woman wearing striped sweater giving coat to woman working in coat check, in lobby with poster advertising Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, and Billy Ford
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1930-1950
Interior of club with sign advertising: Duke Ellington, guest here, Mon. eve. 23 Aug., possibly Ritz Club
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1937-1943
George Wein, his wife wearing polka dot dress, and Duke Ellington backstage, standing in front of a telephone panel box
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1955-1975
George Wein, his wife wearing polka dot dress, and Duke Ellington at Pittsburgh Jazz Festival jazz workshop, Civic Arena
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- 20 June, 1965
Duke Ellington signing autographs in a crowd, including Audrey Brannom with folded arms wearing bracelets, Isadora Marable, and Marverine and Blanche Cathcart
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1947
Singer Ivie Anderson making double v sign, Duke Ellington with arm around Ethel Waters, and man, in Stanley Theatre
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1940-1949
Portrait of Duke Ellington posed seated on bentwood chair, with clasped hands, possibly in dressing room with two toned walls, sink in background, and coats hanging on right
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1938-1946
Duke Ellington signing autographs in crowd, surrounded by group of women including Isadora Marable, Marverine and Blanche Cathcart, and Miriam Sharpe Fountain, another version
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1947
Bill Snyder, Woodson Norvell, Duke Ellington, and William “Woogie” Harris observing basketball game, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Renaissance “The Rens,” in Duquesne University arena
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- 10 February, 1938
Portrait of Duke Ellington posed seated on bentwood chair, with both hands on left knee, possibly in dressing room with two toned walls, sink in background, and coats hanging on right
- Creator
Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1938-1946
Exterior of Blue Haven Restaurant with window display of portraits of Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, and possibly boxer Joe Louis, on star patterned fabric, 1830 Centre Avenue, Hill District
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- April - May 1945
- Duke Ellington holding glass with bandaged finger standing with group of men, including Alderman Harry Fitzgerald third from left, and women, posed in Loendi Club for Synchonettes Club party
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- February 1938
Portrait of Duke Ellington posed seated on bentwood chair, with clasped hands, possibly in dressing room with two toned walls, sink in background, and coats hanging on right, another version
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1938-1946
Billy Taylor at microphone, with Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams and Willie “The Lion” Smith and another man seated at table in background, for jazz workshop, Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, Civic Arena
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- 20 June, 1965
Duke Ellington, Willie “the Lion” Smith, George Wein, and Billy Strayhorn with back turned, and another man standing in wings for jazz workshop, Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, Civic Arena
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- June 20, 1965
Interior view of bar or club, with portraits of Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington on wall in background, and mirrored tile on columns and bar on right, possibly Surloff’s Bar and Grill
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1940-1950
Two men, one wearing Army uniform, and three women, standing in front of large glass block window with leaf patterned curtain, with sandwich board advertising Duke Ellington on right, possibly in Loendi Club
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1930-1950
Musicians Charles Bell, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Billy Taylor, and Willie “The Lion” Smith, on stage for jazz workshop, Pittsburgh Jazz Festival, Civic Arena
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- 20 June, 1965
Duke Ellington band including Jimmy Hamilton playing clarinet solo, Sonny Greer on drums, Al Sears on tenor sax, Freddy Guy on guitar, and Junior Raglin and Oscar Pettiford on bass in background, on stage in Hill City Auditorium (Savoy Ballroom)
- Creator
- Charles “Teenie” Harris
- Date:
- c. 1944-1949
