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The_Birmingham_Age_Herald_Sat__Oct_13__1945_.jpg
As this and other advertisements indicate, bandleader Sonny Blount -- performing here with "His 10-pc. Colored Orchestra" at the posh white venue, Queenstown Lake -- had by 1945 become popular with both Black and white audiences in Birmingham. Early…

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The_Birmingham_News_Sun__Sep_23__1945_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for a Victory Jubilee Dance ("An All-Star Jubilee Special") at Birmingham's Masonic Temple. On occasions like this, the Masonic Temple -- a center for Black life in segregated Birmingham, and a key venue for top local and…

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The_Birmingham_Age_Herald_Mon__Mar_5__1945_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Sonny Blount and his Orchestra in a special dance for white visitors to the Colored Masonic Temple. "The most exciting event of the season. Doors open 7:30, dancing at 8 o'clock. Come early, be patriotic, obey the curfew."…

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The_Weekly_Review_Sat__Dec_22__1945_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for Fess Whatley's Christmas and New Year's Eve dances at Birmingham's Masonic Temple.Weekly Review, December 22, 1945.

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The_Weekly_Review_Sat__Jun_2__1945_.jpg
Newspaper advertisement for John L. "Fats Waller" Bell and his Orchestra at the Masonic Temple.Weekly Review, June 2, 1945.

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