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Count Basie and his orchestra at Club Plantation near Watts, California: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1949 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Alice Key Photograph Collection (PH-00297). Buddy Rich on drums.
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Tearsheet of newspaper clippings about Louis Armstrong from various sources, 1952
Date
1952
Archival Collection
Description
Tearsheet with articles about Louis Armstrong from Variety, Daily News, and Billboard Magazine describing Armstrong's tour in 1952.
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Victory bond drive, image 013 of 017: photographic print
Date
1940 (year uncertain) to 1943 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
An individual reads into a microphone during a victory bond drive in Hotel Last Frontier.
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Photograph of V.F.W. Post band in front of the Las Vegas Courthouse, Las Vegas, circa 1930s.
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
V.F.W. Post band seated on steps of Las Vegas Courthouse with their instruments.
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Sons of American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps: photographic print
Date
1930 (year approximate) to 1940 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection (PH-00262) -- Keith Hickman poses with the Sons of American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps. Written on the back of the photograph, "Learned to play drums when he was in a Shriners' orphanage back east."
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View of a children's orchestra: photographic print
Date
1935 (year uncertain) to 1936 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Tom and Erma Godbey Photograph Collection (PH-00262) -- Written on the back of the photo: "1935 or 1936. First school orchestra, Mr. Cochran, instructor. These kids played for the dedication of the dam when Franklin Roosevelt came."
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Band performance: photographic print
Date
1940 (year approximate) to 1981 (year approximate)
Archival Collection
Description
Benny Goodman stands in the center of the photograph, performing in the Ramona Room. Stamped on the back of the photograph, "Las Vegas News Bureau". Included in the sleve with the photograph is a xerox of a Las Vegas Review Journal article titled, "Help Us Write History", dated June 3, 1984.
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