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The last upload was October 2009.

The supreme triumph of a popular song -- its hand-organ appe... uploaded October 2009
[Banjo players.] uploaded October 2009
[Man playing the tuba.] uploaded October 2009
Mexican inaugural party musicians, 1921. uploaded October 2009
Uganda harp. uploaded October 2009
[Serenaders.] uploaded October 2009
[Music ensemble with piano and bowed stringed instruments.] uploaded October 2009
Isham Jones and his orchestra. uploaded October 2009
Music classes, Plaza Music Center, 912 Union St., Bklyn, 4/2... uploaded October 2009
[Woman holding lyre.] uploaded October 2009
Mandolin girl. uploaded October 2009
[Woman playing the piano.] uploaded October 2009
[Female musicians, India.] uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009

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Memphis, Tennessee, Beale Street, October 1939.

from New York Public Library

4 older comments, and then…
Lú_ said:
Now: (Well, in July, at least)
Green said:
I grew up in Dyersburg, about 80 mi north of Mphs. My Mom is from Halls and I still have relatives in Mphs. Mom loved to dance and she has told me stories about going to Estes Park to jitterbug on the weekends, so the poster brings back that memory. Also, the Double Cola advertisement. We had a Double Cola bottling plant right down the street from where I lived as a little girl. In the 60s and 70s Beale Street was really run down and dangerous. Most of the stores had closed. The renovation that took place in the 80s has made Beale a fun and safe place to visit.
Flickr said:
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incognito7nyc ✈️❤NewYorkCityofDreams✯♛ said:
Beautiful ✌ #BLM
Martin Cauchon said:
That's photography!