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Empress of the Blues
Bessie Smith
Photograph of Bessie Smith taken by Carl Van Vechten - see detail.
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Image courtesy of Library of Congress
Modifications © Jone Lewis 2002.

Bessie Smith, jazz great, in a photo by master photographer Carl Van Vechten.

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