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Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944


Title	Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944
Description	Women musicians were also drafted during World War II. This all-Black WAC band, formed at an Iowa army post, played at a war bond drive at State and Madison. The band also played jazz at Servicemen's Center Number 3 in Bronzeville.
Neighborhood/Street	Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Military bands Musicians Women Big bands Musical instruments Wind instruments Drums Minorities Ethnic groups
Subject.LCSH	United States -- Army -- Women's Army Corps -- Band -- Photographs African American women musicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Bands (Music) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs Women jazz musicians -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Photographs United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- Photographs
Subject.AAT	music stands
Photographer/Artist	Unknown
DateOfOriginal	1944
Time Period	1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949
Identifier	http://www.chipublib.org/digital/chiren/muswomenbrass.html
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional Library, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH WD-CPL HARSH Charles Walton Papers 113
Collection	Charles Walton Papers
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Type	image;
Format	jpeg
Original format	Photographs
Size	7.0 x 5.7 in.
Subject.LOCAL	writers/artists/musicians/actors women African Americans

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