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RACE RECORD ADS OF THE 1920s

From the original newspaper ads and press-proof sheets


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Elgar's Creole Orchestra
(1926 boilerplate proof for Vocalion)

 

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers (Victor ad, 1928)

 


Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra
(1928 boilerplate proof for Vocalion 1185)

 

King Oliver's [Creole] Jazz Band
(1924 ad for 1923 recordings)

 

King Oliver & his Dixie Syncopators
(1928 boilerplate proof for Vocalion 1189)

 

Bertha Henderson
(1927 boilerplate proof for Paramount 12511)

 

Jim Jackson (Vocalion ad, 1928)

 

Luella Miller
(1926 boilerplate proof)

 

1930 ad offering both Vocalion and Okeh race records
(Boilerplate proof for an unknown retailer)

 

Joe Reynolds
(1930 Paramount ad for a probable 1929 recording)

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