Scrapbook page with clippings.

Object Details

Local Numbers: AC1218-0000036.tif (AC Scan No.: recto) AC1218-0000037.tif (AC Scan No.: verso)

Collector: Piney Woods School
Creator: Chicago Defender (newspaper)
Names: Cortez, Alma; Lee (Wong), Willie Mae; Saine, Helen; Zorina, Senorita
Collection Creator: Cron, Rosalind; International Sweethearts of Rhythm; Piney Woods School; Moon, Dixie Hardy; Hughes, Cathy

See more items in: International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection; International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection / Series 2: Rosalind Cron Materials / Loose pages from scrapbook

Collection Citation: International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Scope and Contents: Recto: Newspaper clipping from Pittsburgh Courier, December 21, 1940: "They've a Fan in Every Port...These Sweethearts of Rhythm". Girls pictured, L to R: Alma Cortez, Helen Saine, Irene and Ione (twins), Willie Le Wong (also Willie Mae Wong) and Senorita Zorina.; Verso: Four newspaper clippings from Chicago Defender: "'Sweetheart'" picturing Willie Lee Wong (aka Willie Mae Wong), December 21, 1940, "The 'Sweethearts of Rhythm' After Record," December 28 (21?), 1940, "The Sweethearts of Rhythm In Triumphs," December 28, 1940, "'Sweethearts': The All-Girls Band Set For New Laurels During 1941 Season," January 25, 1941.