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Often billed as Billie Holiday, but the original info seems to suggest Nellie Lutcher. Regardless, I'd love a poster of it.
Little bit of smoke in there.
No need for smoke machines back then!
That lady will have "inexplicably" died of lung cancer.
i really wouldn't have done well back then
I can smell this picture
ivanafterall posts AI slop and then fails to swap accounts before criticizing his own post for AI slop. Dude’s an idiotafterall.
What does "integrated" mean in this context?
The opposite of segregated
No, it's the opposite of discrete.
This club does not have upgradeable, replaceable parts.
I mean, also true, if you read about the level of talent that flowed through that club. It's where Billie Holiday DEBUTED Strange Fruit. I get chills just imagining that shit.
Black and White people allowed in the same place at the same time.
Back in the day you could have clubs in Black neighborhoods that only allowed White patrons [look up the Cotton Club in Harlem, NYC]
