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Harry Prampin's Band

Date 1927
Location New York United States
Dimensions Other: 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm)
Other: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

Harry Prampin's Band was a popular Harlem band in the 1920s. Music was an essential aspect to the Harlem scene and New York jazz at the time was dominated by big-band music. It was showy, fast-paced, and, by the middle of the decade, was being played in dance halls across the country.

Copyright

© Donna Mussenden VanDerZee
Donna Van der Zee
784 Columbus Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10025

Credit line

Gift of The Sandor Family Collection, 2000

Feedback Accession No. 856.2000