Les Paul, ca. January 1947 (Photograph by William P. Gottlieb)

Lester William Polfus (Les Paul) in New York

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Les Paul, Fat Tuesday, New York, N.Y., ca. 1980s] 1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in. Notes: Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 384 Purchase William P. Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Paul, Les Jazz musicians--1970-1990. Guitarists--1970-1990. Fat Tuesday Format: Portrait photographs--1970-1990. Film negatives--1970-1990. Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig... Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005 General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.16231 Call Number: LC-GLB13- 1623 Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is from the William P. Gottlieb collection at the Library of Congress. Rights and restrictions. In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010.

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Les Paul, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. Caption from Down Beat: Finding cabs mobbed by holiday shoppers, had Superman sweep me from 24th floor, RKO bldg., to Paramount theater. Posed poser to Les Paul, former studio guitarist who in '46 gained fame with Bing, the Andrews Sisters, records and nite clubs. Notes: Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 437 Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). In: "Posin'," Down Beat, v. 16, no. 2 (Jan. 15, 1947), p. 3. Subjects: Paul, Les Jazz musicians--1940-1950. Guitarists--1940-1950. Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950. Film negatives--1940-1950. Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig... Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print (reference print) Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, loc.gov/rr/perform/ Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005 General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.07001 Call Number: LC-GLB23- 0700 Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is from the William P. Gottlieb collection at the Library of Congress. Rights and restrictions. In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010.

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Les Paul, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947] 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. Notes: Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 437 Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Paul, Les Jazz musicians--1940-1950. Guitarists--1940-1950. Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950. Film negatives--1940-1950. Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig... Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print (reference print) Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, loc.gov/rr/perform/ Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005 General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.06991 Call Number: LC-GLB23- 0699 Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is from the William P. Gottlieb collection at the Library of Congress. Rights and restrictions. In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010.

Photo of Les Paul and Mary Ford.

Montage of photographs of Les Paul and Mary Ford in the August 1951 issue of The American Magazine. The photomontage illustrates the department "America's Interesting People", in a section headed "Orchestra and Chorus"

Crown Les Paul Custom

Guitar and Case

Les Paul's Les Paul LES PAUL LES PAUL TOOK ELECTRIC GUITAR WATTAGE TO NEW HEIGHTS WITH HIS INNOVATIVE MULTI-TRACK RECORDING. HERE WE HAVE LES PAUL OWN "RECORDING" MODEL GIBSON LES PAUL.