Chicago Operetta Company

http://www.alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/files/uploads/401314-01.jpg

Title

Chicago Operetta Company

Subject

Federal Music Project (U.S.)
New Deal (1933-1939)
Minturn, Harry
Choirs (Music)
Opera
African Americans
Great Depression
Musicians
Singers
African American singers

Description

Members of the Chicago Operetta Company pose for a group photograph. The company, led by director Harry Minturn, was a product of the Federal Music Project, a component of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation that employed musicians during the Great Depression.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

401314
Federal Music Project

Original Format

portrait
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

21 x 26 cm