Grace Evelyn Grubbs Jenkins organized her children, Phillip, George, Ray and Grace, into a family musical ensemble. Known as the Junior Concert Orchestra, they performed at churches and venues in the Sacramento area. Aaron Arthur Jenkins married Grace Evelyn Grubbs in 1916. He was a postman who worked in Sacramento from 1906 to 1940 or 1941. Studio portrait of the Jenkins family with George holding a viola, Ray holding a trumpet, Grace seated with a cello and Phillip with a tuba.
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uclalsc_1889_b10_f07_002.tif ark:/21198/z1k37bpz
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African American musicians African American families Jenkins, Aaron Arthur, 1881-1946 Jenkins, George Belton, 1919-2010 Brown, Grace Medora, 1922-2007 Jenkins, Grace Evelyn Grubbs, 1888-1952 Jenkins, Ray E., 1920-1970 Jenkins, Phillip Eugene, 1917-1993
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