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America's Greatest Quartet Ink Spots

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Poster advertising concert on Sunday, May 30, 1943, at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City; concert featured the Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra featuring Trevor Bacon, Peg Leg Bates, Red and Curley (not pictured); special added attraction of Sister Rosetta Tharpe; admission $1.00 in advance and $1.25 at the door; tickets on sale at Crown Drug Stores: 12th and Paseo, 18th and Vine, 22nd and Prospect; Monarch Taxi, KCMO; Drew's Pharmacy, Home Drug Co., KCK.
Date Published
1943
Subjects
Rhythm and blues musicians
African American jazz musicians
Time Periods
1941-1950
Subjects, Geographic
14th Street
Central Street
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

1943

Exclusive management: GALE, Inc., 48 West 48th Street, New York, NY.

AFL-CIO union label, local 135 stamped on sign.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 72 x 56 cm
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_thurn_poster-032.tif
Genres
Concert posters
Posters
Lithographs
Types
posters
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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