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Title:San Quentin on the air / Time on my hands.
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Production:[San Quentin, California], [circa 1941-1942]
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Physical Description:2 photographs on 1 folded sheet : black and white prints ; prints 17 x 12 cm, folded sheet 26 x 21 cm
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Yale Holdings
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Notes:Title from cover.
Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Text in English.
Purchased from Lorne Bair Rare Books on the Danford N. Barney, Jr. Fund, 2012.
- Access and use:This material is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical note:The San Quentin Jazz Band was made up of inmates at the California State Prison at San Quentin in Marin County, California. The band performed live on the San Francisco radio station KFRC in 1941 and 1942. Each radio broadcast began with the band playing the song Time On My Hands.
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Summary:Two photographs of the San Quentin Jazz Band during a live radio broadcast, taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1941-1942. Images depict San Quentin Music Department Supervisor Ted P. Stanich, 18 members of the band, and 18 chorus members. Photographs are mounted on a folded sheet with a hand-stenciled cover and is signed "Best wishes, Johnny White".
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Cite as:San Quentin On the Air / Time On My Hands. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Subjects:Stanich, Ted P. (Theodore Paul), 1909-1949--Portraits.
White, Johnny, active approximately 1941-1942.
California State Prison at San Quentin.
California State Prison at San Quentin--Pictorial works.
KFRC (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Bands (Music)--California--San Quentin--Pictorial works.
Big bands--California--San Quentin--Pictorial works.
Choruses--California--San Quentin--Pictorial works.
Correctional personnel--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Inmates of institutions--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Jazz musicians--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Music in prisons--California--San Quentin--Pictorial works.
Musicians--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Prisoners--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Prisoners--Recreation--California--San Quentin--Portraits.
Radio broadcasting--California--San Francisco.
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Genre/Form:Gelatin silver prints.
Photographs.
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