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Title: J. D. King and his band, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
J. D. King and his band played at nightclubs like the Club Savoy in Watts during the 1940s and 1950s. King might have been from Milwaukee. King is playing the tenor saxophone at the left of the photograph.
Identifier: YRLSC_gordonphotos_0137
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 5
137
ark:/21198/zz0025p5mv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Entertainment
Arts
Nightclubs--California--Los Angeles
African American musicians--California--Los Angeles
King, J. D., saxophonist
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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