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1. Jerry Marrion collection of performer promotional photographs, 1930s-1940s

   approximately 250 items. 2 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Jerry Marrion began working at the Arkota Ballroom in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1969. The venue received and retained publicity photographs of musicians and ensembles who performed there, most of which represent the height of the Big Band era. Marrion saved the photographs in this collection from disposal in 1980 and kept them for more than forty years.

2. Photographs from the Robert S. Altshuler collection, 1930s-1940s

   1,180 items (photographic prints) : black and white ; 8 x 10 in.. 4 containers. -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Photographs from the Robert S. Altshuler Collection contains images of performers from the big band era of jazz music, including Glenn Miller, the Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Jimmie Lunceford, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday; together with their band members, featured singers, and fans.