Memphis 20th Century: W. C. Handy and the Blues Bowl

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Identifier

4192083156575523-W.C.Handy at 1939 Blues Bowl in Memphis.jpg

Description

Image of W.C. Handy surrounded by several drum majorettes from Booker T. Washington High School located in Memphis, Tennessee.; W.C. Handy was known to come to Memphis each year for the annual Blues Bowl Football Game and festivities that took place in Memphis, Tennessee.; The caption underneath the image reads, "(CX7) Memphis, Dec.2.-'Beale Street Blues'-- Drum Majorettes of Booker T. Washington High School expressed Beale Street's adulation for aging Bill Handy, the Negro composer-music publisher whose "Beale Street Blues" made the street famous, by crowding around him when he returned to Memphis last night for a round of festivities at the "Blues Bowl" Football Game. (AP Wirephoto) (RMB 72005STF-HWC) 39."

Date

1939

Rights

Digital Image (c) 2011 Earnestine Jenkins Collection of African American-African Diaspora Photographs. All rights reserved. No unauthorized duplication or transmission permitted. Contact the rights holder: Arts & Visual Cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora, Department of Art, University of Memphis.

Recommended Citation

"Memphis 20th Century: W. C. Handy and the Blues Bowl" (2021). Earnestine Jenkins Collection of Historical African American-African Diaspora Photographs. 38.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-exhibit-ejenkins/38