Sammy Price, Club Harlem, 1934-1935
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Jazz pianist Sammy Price (1908-1992) had a storied career. He began as a touring musician in the 1920s and continued to play until the 1980s. As a staff musician for Decca Records, he accompanied famous artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This publicity photo is from Club Harlem in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935.
Jazz pianist Sammy Price (1908-1992) had a storied career. He began as a touring musician in the 1920s and continued to play until the 1980s. As a staff musician for Decca Records, he accompanied famous artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sidney Bechet, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This publicity photo is from Club Harlem in Detroit, Michigan, circa 1935.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1934-1935
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit, Paradise Valley
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2004.30.3.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Allene Warbler in Remembrance of Her Parents Allen and Rene Warbler.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 9.750 in
Width: 7.750 in
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