Image / African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated

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Title: African American youth in a band, Los Angeles, undated
Alternative Title: Scenes on Central Avenue
Date Created and/or Issued: [undated]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Group of seven children (11-15 years old) playing various musical instruments including saxophones, a piano, and a drum. More older children look in from a doorway. This is probably in the area of Central Avenue.
Central Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b17_f03_001.tif
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Subject: Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.)
African American musicians
African American students
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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