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Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

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LaBudde Special Collections
Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the wall in the spotlight of light around her. She wears earrings, a floral print blouse under a solid suit jacket. The bass drum head has a patch in the center. A printed signature on the bottom left says, "Bloom Chicago."
Date Note
No date; likely circa 1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
Image Credit
Bloom (Chicago)
Date Published
1951
1960
Time Period
1951-1960
Filename
umkc_lsc_hobley_photo-012.tif
Notes

No date; likely circa 1950, Purchased from Dolores Hobley, c. early 2010s. Handwritten on back, "Helen Cole.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Type
photographs
Subject (Geographic)
Chicago (Ill.)
English

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