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Andy Kirk (1898 – 1992)

Andrew Andy Dewey Kirk (1898 – 1992) was a jazz saxaphonist and tuba player who is  best known as a bandleader of the Twelve Clouds of Joy, popular during the Swing Era. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Margaret Neal Wallace

Margaret Neal's, later Wallace' graduation photo. She was eighteen years old at the time and attended Second Ward High School. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown

Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)

Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records She is seen here playing with the Andy Kirk band in Charlotte during the early 1940s. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Southland Jubilee Singers

Southland Jubilee Singers was the early name of the group later known as the 4 Knights. The latter signed with Capitol Records and was a popular gosepl group.  Left to right: Eugene Alford, John Wallace-guitar, Floyd Wallace, Sr.-lead singer, Oscar Broadway, William Hall. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Cochran Family

Left to right: Sallie Cochran, Thelma Cochran, Harriette Cochran, and Jimmy Cochran. This picture was taken on Palmer Street in Third Ward. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Thomas D. Grigg

Thomas D. Grigg and Bernard Brown. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

St. Paul Baptist Church Ladies Usher Board

St. Paul Ladies Usher Board.Seated from left to right: Reba Campbell, Laura E. Douglas, Maggie Jones, Mary Caruth, Ms. Huntley. The women standing are unidentified. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown

Cochran Family

J. F. Cochran, Thelma Cochran and Sallie Wright Cochran. This picture was taken in front of their home at 315 North Caldwell Street in the First Ward neighborhood. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Liston-Spurlock Wedding

Cake-cutting ceremony at wedding of Sarah Margaret Liston and Royal Spurlock. Left to right: Edwin Thompkins, Edward Brown, Caesar Blake, Aurelia Liston, Bride, Groom, George Williams, Thomas Watkins. Physical Description: Publisher: Floretta Gunn