Lullabies of Birdland

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl disc (a) with cardboard album jacket (b) of Lullabies of Birdland. The black vinyl disc has a black with silver text “DECCA” label that includes album title, artist, track listings, and copyright information. The front of the album jacket has a black background with a blue tinted photographic image of Ella Fitzgerald. Shown from the shoulders up, she wears an off the shoulders dark top and sings into a microphone with her eyes closed. Across the top is orange and white text with the title [LULLABIES / OF / BIRDLAND] on the left and the artist [ELLA / FITZGERALD] on the right, separated by a central graphic line. The Decca Records logo is in the upper right corner and the track listing, in alternating orange and white text, is printed down the left side. The back cover of the album jacket is off-white with black printing.

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