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Title	Publicity portrait of Lawrence Tibbett
Description	Profile of operatic baritone singer and recording star Tibbett, wearing suit and tie. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. No date, no inscription on photograph. On the back, stamped in red ink, is the name of the performer and his management company, Evans and Salter, based in New York. Undated, unsigned.
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Publicity photographs Musicians Baritones (Singers) Vocalists Singers--United States Talent agents (Music) Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Subject - Name	Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959 Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
Geographic Location	Los Angeles (United States)
Publisher - Original	Evans and Salter, New York
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Notes	Born in Bakersfield, California, Tibbett grew up in Los Angeles, earning money by singing in church choirs and at funerals. He later studied in New York City, performing more than 600 times with the Metropolitan Opera Company. In the early 1930s, Tibbett also briefly appeared in movies, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his first film, "The Rogue Song", a 1930 MGM production with Laurel & Hardy.
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 55
Format - Original	Sepia tone photograph; 6 x 8 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00559

Title	Publicity portrait of Lawrence Tibbett
Description	Profile of operatic baritone singer and recording star Tibbett, wearing suit and tie. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. No date, no inscription on photograph.
Subject	Concerts--California--Los Angeles Photographs--Portraits Publicity photographs Musicians Baritones (Singers) Vocalists Singers--United States Talent agents Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century
Subject - Name	Frankel, Bessie Bartlett, 1884-1959 Tibbett, Lawrence, 1896-1960
Geographic Location	Los Angeles (United States)
Publisher - Digital	Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Language	eng
Source	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 55
Format - Original	Sepia tone photograph; 6 x 8 inches
Collection	Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison.
Type	Image Text
Format - Digital	image/jp2
Object File Name	bbf00559_01.tif

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