Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (Autographed Photo, Circa 1940)
Title
Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (Autographed Photo, Circa 1940)
Description
The Erskine Hawkins Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom, publicity photo, circa 1940, signed by members of the band.
Note the addendum, "DEAD," next to the signature of trumpeter Marcellus Green. Green's 1942 automobile death was widely mourned in the Black press and universally attributed to the grueling travel conditions Black musicians faced during the Second World War.
Photo courtesy Burgin Mathews.
Note the addendum, "DEAD," next to the signature of trumpeter Marcellus Green. Green's 1942 automobile death was widely mourned in the Black press and universally attributed to the grueling travel conditions Black musicians faced during the Second World War.
Photo courtesy Burgin Mathews.
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Photograph
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Citation
“Erskine Hawkins Orchestra (Autographed Photo, Circa 1940),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 3, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1432.