1. Ruth Brown, and her band performing on stage at Powello's Cafe Date: October 16, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
2. Picture of a group of African American women in dresses seated at a table with a row of African American men in uniform and women in dresses with a band band on a raised platform behind them Creator: E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.) Date: January 23, 1943 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
3. African American men and African American women dancing in a large room with a wooden floor with a band and decorations in the background Creator: E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.) Date: December 28, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
4. Marva Trotter, wife of Joe Louis, in a dress on stage with a band, a few African American men in naval uniform with another man and a woman in a dress in the foreground in front of a Christmas tree Creator: E.F. Joseph Studios (Oakland, Calif.) Date: December 28, 1942 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
5. Earl Hines and Billie Eckstine playing and singing in a band on stage Creator: Rossner, Harry. Date: May 31, 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
6. Louis Barre Band, including Lester Young on tenor saxophone, recording in the Columbia Records Studio Date: 1940 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required