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UA 458.15 Flori Whyte Kovan Collection

UA 458.15 Flori Whyte Kovan Collection
Title: UA 458.15 Flori Whyte Kovan Collection
Caption: Collection Photo # UA 458.15.01 "Virgil Whyte and His All-Girl Band, aka 'America's Musical Sweethearts,' in performance with Navy musicians at Sampson Naval Training Center, Sampson, New York. March, 1945."
Description: "Virgil Whyte and His All-Girl Band, aka 'America's Musical Sweethearts,' in performance with Navy musicians at Sampson Naval Training Center, Sampson, New York. March, 1945. The U.S.O. band, organized in Racine, Wisconsin, was composed of professional musicians who performed in the popular swing, boogie and jump style of the 1940's at over 300 shore establishments and military bases between 1943-1946."
Accession #: UA 458
Catalog #: UA 458.15
Donor: Flori Whyte Kovan
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Topic
  • Music and Perfomance
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
  • World War II 1939-1945
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  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
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