| 1. |  | Women's Army Corps (WAC) Band, 1944 | Military bands; Musicians; Women; Big bands; Musical instruments; Wind instruments; Drums; Minorities; Ethnic groups; | 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... |
| 2. |  | Poster, Sadie Bruce dance revue program, Civic Opera House, 1948 | Dance; Schools; Performances; Advertisements; Women; Dancers; Music education; Minorities; | Sadie Bruce and her sister, Mary Bruce, each operated their own dance schools in Bronzeville. Sadie Bruce's dance studio was located at 54th and Calumet; Mary Bruce's was at 58th and South Parkway. The... |
