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Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

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Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the wall in the spotlight of light around her. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse under a solid suit jacket. The bass drum head has a patch in the center. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago."
Date Published
1951
1960
Publisher
Bloom (Chicago)
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
African American women
Time Periods
1951-1960
Subjects, Geographic
Chicago (Ill.)
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950

Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Helen Cole."

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

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-012.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
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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