1 10 504 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/dc49b5a8bfcf8956680b55dd38cac312.jpg 4bba9e61407c8a6f27e89a959b55bf3e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/35046258750f46bed6b8255000cd1ec6.mp3 b05c4710eadad41b5f43e3cfb79de641 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/b4f19251c824e5a71f1d9a4c9762efaf.pdf 6cbfbd833986aac130681187d13d5fba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oral History Collection Description An account of the resource A collection of sound files, transcribed oral interviews, and images documenting Black radio in Birmingham, Alabama. Please click the link below. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Rights held by The Birmingham Black Radio Museum unless otherwise specified. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource .jpg .mp3 .wav .pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral History Ephemera Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Bob Friedman Emily Bibb and numerous student volunteers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context OralHistory Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Bob Friedman Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Zack Allen Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound Transcript of audio snippet: Zack Allen (ZA): ....you see I got around that you had to think sometimes, so I got in with a record distributor and he would let me use his records, I’d get I’d have the latest one I could carry them and play them then I’d carry them back to him, see that’s how I got around that Bob: So what kind of stuff did you, what artist did you play ? ZA: I was playing, I was playing rhythm and blues at the time Bob: What artist,, could you? ZA: Oh back um BB King, Ray Charles, all old blues, and uh even as go back some of the oldies, I liked Ivory Joe Hunter Bob: Did you ever play vocal groups like The Dominoes and The Moonglows ? ZA: We use to play some but you know, most at that time most of the younger people like those uh those uh like the Moonglows and the Charms, they were they were like, the the younger set, but I was holdin mine to the older group Bob: Isn’t that interesting so now what year are we did you start at WJLD? ZA: I started WJLD Bob: Ok what year was that? Do you remember? ZA: Uh it was in the uh it was in the fifties I cant think it was at the same time King Porter was there, if you can find what year he was there Bob: Yeah we’re trying to find a picture of King Porter ZA: That’s actually how I got started King Porter I was working behind him we use to broadcast at the Madison night spot Bob: The Madison night spot ZA: The Madison night spot on Bessemer superhighway Bob: Bessemer superhighway which isn’t there anymore ZA: It’s not there anymore but then at that time uh King Porter use to broadcast there he also use to broadcast from Bob’s Savoy downtown Birmingham 4th avenue ,and he use to play the piano Bob: King Porter played the piano what, what kind of music did king Porter play? ZA: He played blues, rhythm and blues Bob: Same thing ZA: Same thing, same thing and uh, what made it, how I got started I just got interested in going around in radio and listening and King Porter I think he followed, King Porter was there I believe before… I couldn’t think was he there before Roy Wood or after Roy Wood Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data .mp3 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) Full interview: 73 minutes Audio snippet: 2 minutes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zack Allen, Oral History Subject The topic of the resource Zack Allen WJLD King Porter R&B Description An account of the resource Zack Allen (b.Jan 16, 1936, d.Nov 2, 2010), radio broadcaster with WJLD, interviewed about music played during his time as a DJ in the 1950s Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bob Friedman Zack Allen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Birmingham Black Radio Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 07, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Yadira Murguia Emily Bibb Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP3 JPG PDF Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AllenOH 1940s 1950s 1960s Bessemer King Porter Lora (Walker) Gary Madison Night Spot Music Paul "Tall Paul" White Roy Wood Shelley "The Playboy" Stewart WJLD Zack Allen https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2aea9d35fa7afa2e28af7a05a676d716.jpg cbc1e2af1b4e71abe5be477ad8f0ff6e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zack "Rack 'm Back Zack" Allen Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 51: "We are now at folder 51. It is a picture donated by Zack Allan who had a brief history with WJLD back in the ‘50s, would have been around ‘53. He was at the station when Roy Wood Sr. was at the station for a brief period of time. From December of ‘53 to November of ‘54. He was there for a very short amount of time, and Roy recalled in my interviews with him that he took over from Bob Umbach when Bob left the Atomic Boogie Hour. Roy gave Zach Allan the nickname Rack ‘Em Back Zach because he always asked Zach to put back the records that he played. So Rack ‘Em Back Zach Allan. Cool name. Rack ‘Em Back Zach. When I interviewed at his home, him he lived in Bessemer. On Dartmouth Ave in Bessemer. " 1950s Atomic Boogie Hour Bob Umbach Roy Wood Zack Allen https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8dbfa1c7dfd67980b7ce52eb805769c3.jpg f7429cf230bfa12204266083ac9f6c9a https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/d53b914b8fa41eca1e7c3e704b5a4eef.jpg 9b59c72554a71c49b4b030bd40f90eab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WVOK Promo Card, Joe Rumore Description An account of the resource Box 1 Folder 50: "Here we are now at box number 1 and picture number 50, or folder number 50 is a promo card for Joe Rumore being on WVOK. Very nice." Durkee Famous Foods Joe Rumore WVOK https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/4dc1ae633cc4e3eb754b09c06e24b7fa.jpg 07ca89a9fd0314e0fd53e4706361d040 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c8697ad13708530135ff84cf15600f8f.jpg fa28281114c5755efa30dd0076261a3b https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/8d1dabcedd56bb78813b0fbeff301c16.jpg 0f980d39925e340de3b5110d6df597c7 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/998b32b63b4646eeec609f56c8512673.jpg 503de4c2c932b2fc7f0522cfd5a112c3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLN Application to Increase Power Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 23: "Folder 23 from 1968 is an application to the FCC from Johnston Broadcasting to increase WJLN power from 25k to 100k.  Here's the essence of it from the abstract: <blockquote>The Present Antenna is mounted on the WJLD (AM) tower, as is the Antenna of WBMG-TV (CH.42). WBMG (TV) has recently received a construction permit to change site, (BPCT 4101) and this will, at a later date, call for the removal of the TV Antenna from the WJLD tower, and a new determination of the WJLD antenna impedance. This will also be necessary when a new FM Antenna is installed.</blockquote> The allocation study for WJLN reveals that it is short-spaced to only one Station and this is by one mile on the 3rd adjacent Channel (CH.286) to WQSB, Albertville, Alabama. WJLN, therefore, is elegible [sic] to increase power to 100 KWs, pursuant to par. 73.213(a) of the SGEP. Found in the WJLD files." 1960s FCC FM Johnson Broadcasting Company Palmer Greer WBMG-TV WJLD WJLN https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/e75c93b38638233b92bf13621da8e866.jpg 29da3e1e1e013113bebd70581f554327 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2dc369c729e4ab31a30bef60c0b3cc96.jpg faf2332cc1954c5999bdcc62f5999f70 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/49e7cbb580c5cd8176629455cdf44936.jpg a78fadb2f3e8faecc504374b20800a04 https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/58c0c1cab26f3168a69e9d26a09200fe.jpg ed467cf280811447ec08318815be111f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/153e8baf8d1a2bab72a14dfdd1ee15bb.jpg aab201ade9e45bec6b9a32e6c205293a https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/94fe570c98107a22e19c84e76364345c.jpg 84c0e87025899b66f16607a319386b5e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLN Application to FCC Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 39: "This is folder 39 from 1969 which has within it various applications to the FCC to make changes to the tower and to increase power from 23kw to 100kw for WJLN 104.7. It includes the direct application, also notices that needs to be read on the air. "The officers, directors, and ten percent or more of the stockholders of Johnston Broadcasting Company are the estate of George Johnston Jr., Rose Hood Johnston, George Johnston III, and Mattie Jones." Does appear there were over three generations of Johnstons. I’m not sure if George Johnston was the first. I believe he was the first one to own the station, but I’m not sure. Correspondence found in WJLD files." 1960s FCC George Johnson III Jimmy Lawson Johnson Broadcasting Company Palmer Greer WJLD WJLN https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/c9d53c7104f90e3cefb08445b2d8f213.jpg b1f5ef77d3908b84121e11c8812b0dec https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/7fa50bcfbbd4cb2d9f7a48103f8a188b.jpg ef1100a558e811ca363c343cb1936c06 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLD Travel Contest Description An account of the resource Box 8 Folder 21: "Alright we’re now on folder 21. A series of 8x10s here. Three are the same which shows Wanda Gooden in 1984 with a couple of winners who probably won airline tickets to somewhere. And they’re out at the airport posing for this, showing their tickets that they probably won at WJLD. We don’t know exactly what the contest was all about, but there’s an adorable little girl in the picture too who’s just wondering what’s going on here. She’s like perfect for whatever she’s perfect for. Also from 1984 is another 8x10 with the WJLD… with one of the co-sponsors of this contest, Cliff Muldrow, who owned Cliff's Limousines for many years and also owned a night club up there off of Valley Avenue, the name of which escapes me, although WJLD has had Christmas parties there and I don’t know why I can’t remember the name but I can’t. Anyway, Cliff obviously was part of this contest, delivering the winners to the airport in one of his limousines. Donated by photographer Lucious Washington." 1980s Cliff Muldrow Contest Wanda Gooden WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/0d88383e9b303796eac023bcbfc500d4.jpg df61f33ebc438c8bcd37f5736008d81f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/40011c2bff706d5be17b92c13227f44d.jpg 45ed0d7403c3140350d2929834dae00f https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/b9b1b9fd8399da3fcc740016bd91daec.jpg 4f3b48b783690fb398192ab694b0881e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLD Studios Description An account of the resource Box 3 Folder 7: "Moving along to folder 7 are pictures from the WJLD studios, and this is a different picture but it does show the tower and it shows a Buick parked out front. It’s a 1954 license plate so that’s how come we know there was still some kind of connection to this building back then. The sign is still up as well. That’s on the Bessemer Superhighway of course. This copy could have come from the a negative from the Graf Photo collection from Bessemer or from Erin Connolly's husband. From the mid 1990's." 1950s Bessemer Bessemer Superhighway WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/6dd05d0c4df3687bbc56076ac4b8c4c8.jpg 1271aff8b385c324715e5d26ceae571e https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/2b19a337794cc2079b81b5e946847279.jpg 49d4be491efa2ec8e9b8167d978a7482 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLD Studio Entrance Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 1: "Ok, this is box 5, folder 1, pictures of the entrance, just barely, to the WJLD studios at 109 North 19th Street. The entrance is in the lower right hand corner and that’s the building. We just happen to have a picture that showed the next building over, and it just so happened to capture the entrance to the 109 North 19th Street. What you can see over on the left in the alley is a sign for Epp’s Jewelry as well. And this from 1967. Bham Library archives." 1960s Birmingham Epps Jewelry Company WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/6dca6681cac095afeb0f65660191255b.jpg 37e75afa3ead3b08881fbccb6c1b97f3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLD Staff, 1968 Description An account of the resource Box 5 Folder 24: "We’re up… we’re up to folder 24 which are a couple pictures of the WJLD staff of 1968 showing (l-r) Ronald Jackson, Willie McKinstry, Jimmy Lawson, Andrew Fields, and Walter Anglin. Now, the description on the back of the smaller piece has the names, and the names ascribe, if you hold the picture up to the light, that’s who those names ascribe to. They don’t ascribe to the layout of the picture itself, just the reverse...again from the Chris McNair Studios." 1960s Andrew Fields Chris McNair Studios Jimmy Lawson Ronald "Doc Lee" Jackson Walter Anglin Willie McKinstry WJLD https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/583b4bd1941504fc6290d342281428f5.jpg bac8d15c11664cf5dd1ebfe265ad174b https://www.thebbrm.org/files/original/6b0c3e9cba9913806c97b492acd1543c.jpg ec22c672101c3fb5805177acfc35d866 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ephemera Collection Description An account of the resource In 2009, BBRM staff and volunteers began the archiving of this collection, with the arranging of objects chronologically (1935 – 1995) and the purchasing of proper archival storage materials. In 2011, an oral finding aid with provenance was constructed by conversations between University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies (UA SLIS) volunteer Lindsey Reynolds (now at University of Georgia, Athens Library) and BBRM Director Bob Friedman. In 2013 and 2014, those interviews were transcribed by UA SLIS volunteer Michael Mitchell (known affectionately as the MMT). For each object, the original finding aid conversation has been added and can be found in quotes in the description section. As of the most recent online uploading in August, 2019, the Ephemera Collection consisted of eight boxes containing 413 folders with approximately 850 files, spanning the period 1935-1989. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource WJLD Spelling Bee, Frolic Theater Description An account of the resource Box 2 Folder 10: "Moving right along to folder 10. Again pictures from the spelling bees. Here we have some identification, including confirmation that it is at the Frolic Theater, which was on 4th Avenue between 17th and 18th Street. Nathaniel Jemison was the agency director for the Booker T. Washington Insurance Company and we think that he is the heavyset guy. The fellow who is the thin guy we’re not sure, and then Bob Umbach is up at the stage. And the kids, there’s a youngster at the microphone who may be reciting, not sure. The only way to confirm 1950 was probably at the A.G Gadsen collection itself where we were shooting the pictures. I don’t know if I mentioned it, but Bill Ricker was probably the photographer. I asked him to come in." 1950s Bob Umbach Frolic Theater Nathaniel Jemison Spelling Bee WJLD