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(MUSIC—BLUES.)
The Pittsburgh Cotton Pickers.
Pictorial poster, printed
on yellow cardstock, 20 x 9
1
⁄
2
inches; creased in the center where it was folded for mailing;
accompanied by a letter from a young lady named Calie who writes to her mother in
Indiana and sent this poster to her from “near Saginaw, Michigan.”, 1928
[2,500/3,500]
A SUPERB PERIOD PIECE FOR THIS WELL
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KNOWN ELEVEN PIECE DANCE ORCHESTRA
.
The poster states that the band’s “season run” (presumably home-base) is at Duqusne’s
Garden, Pittsburgh, beneath which is a space to write in wherever the band happened to be
when on tour. The poster is accompanied by a letter from a young lady named Calie, who
writes to her mother about attending the dance at “Haddon Hall, June 4, 1928—Dear
mother; Went with Winnie Coster (?) and her folks. Danced for the first time on a dance floor.
Plenty Hot orchestra! We are all fine and still going.” She goes on about going home to some-
one’s house and having supper. The Pittsburgh Cotton Pickers were a well known band and
are mentioned on the Pittsburgh Music site: “Sell also sponsored legendary ‘Battle of Music’
shows pitting national acts like the Speed Webb Orchestra and the Elbridge Brothers against
Pittsburgh Cotton Pickers, the Komedy Klub, Joy Cloud, the Royal Southerners, and other
bands. Under Sell Hall’s management the Pythian Temple offered food, drinks and all night
dancing. A typical show would be a double bill like the 1933 show with Noble Sissie band
playing until 2 AM followed by Fletcher Henderson’s band.
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(MUSIC.) CHECKER, CHUBBY.
Don’t Knock the Twist.
Full sheet poster,
27 x 42 inches, backed with archival paper, faint signs of creases where folded.
Hollywood: Columbia Pictures, 1962
[600/800]
Spin-off from the dance craze, “The Twist” made famous by Chubby Checker.
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