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3. A group of actors and actress and African American musicians on stage Date: 1922 Format: Still image Access: Public
5. Aphonso Trent's Orchestra in Memphis, Tenn., 1932 Creator: Jones-Purdyes Photographers. Date: 1932 Format: Still image Access: Public
6. Lil Armstrong's (stage) orchestra starting tour at Kendonne Theater, Buffalo (N.Y.) Date: 1932 Format: Still image Access: Public
7. The World's Greatest Boys and Girls Drum and Bugle Corps of Hamtramck, Michigan : founded in 1933 by Col. Leo Whittaker Date: 1933 Format: Still image Access: Public
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9. Silas Green Band in front of train car in 1939 with Native American entertainer Date: December 2, 1939 Format: Still image Access: Public
10. Picture of Billie Holiday in a dress with Jimmy Powell holding an alto saxophone, Roy Eldridge playing a trumpet, Sonny White playing the piano and John Williams with all the men wearing suits and three of them wearing hats Date: 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
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13. Billie Holiday wearing a dress and necklace seated next to Louis Armstrong wearing a suit standing and playing a trumpet Date: 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
14. Johnnie Hughes Combo : Philadelphia Pa. Creator: Photo Art Studios. Date: October 29, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
15. Ruth Brown, and her band performing on stage at Powello's Cafe Date: October 16, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
16. African American singers and musicians performing at concert in Saint Augustine (Fla.) Date: 1950 Format: Still image Access: Public
17. Album cover photo of Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell Creator: Rosenbaum, Art. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
18. Victoria Spivey in a dress, Lonnie Johnson in a suit, and Muddy Waters in the background at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
19. Willie Dixon in a suit standing playing the double bass and Victoria Spivey in a dress performing at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
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25. African American men and women wearing suits and dresses on stage on a roof garden in New York Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
26. African American men and women wearing suits and dresses on stage on a roof garden in New York [hand colored] Creator: Detroit Photographic Co. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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34. Album photograph for Softee Man Blues : Doug Quattlebaum Creator: Welding, Pete. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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42. The Dixie Troubadours : John Rucker and the Dixie chorus, African American men and women in costume, posing on a stage [hand colored] Creator: Carter & Gut (N.Y.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
43. Earl Bostic and other men and women in front of a record shop Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
44. First Annual Convention of the Ohio Music Association and the National Association of Negro Musicians Inc. Creator: Thompson Studio. Date: July 31, year unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
45. Georgia cake walk : African American men and women in costume dancing the cakewalk, while a man plays the violin Creator: Albertype Co. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
46. Georgia cake walk : African American men and women in costume dancing the cakewalk, while a man plays the violin Creator: Albertype Co. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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48. Having a good time : a group of African American men and women : with four playing instruments Creator: Knaffl & Bro. (Knoxville, Tenn.) Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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74. Roy Milton Band with Jackie Keler & Camille Howard Creator: A.N.P.S. (McQuain O.M.) Photo. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
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76. Seated picture of Mary Lou Williams wearing a dress with a sash and earrings Creator: Stigeu. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
77. Signed picture of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five to Scotti Creator: Daguerre. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
78. Sister Rosetta Tharpe wearing a dress playing a guitar Creator: Kriegsmann, James J. Date: August 25, year unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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80. Two African American men playing guitar around a table, with a man and woman serving beverages on top of it Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
82. Willa Saunders Passion Play Jones Creator: Gardner, H. F. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
83. Woman holding a guitar, with a man and woman standing next to her Creator: Starke, Mason. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
84. Woman singing at a microphone with Babe Russin and his Orchestra playing behind her Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Public
85. Woman sitting in a chair, and a man standing next to her, both playing guitar Creator: Marshall, Jim, 1936-2010. Date: unknown Format: Still image Access: Log In Required