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I found a photo on Newspapers.com from the Pittsburgh Courier, that I'd like to use for my Percy France memorial website but the photo is a pretty dark blob mostly and I am hoping other archives might have a better scan. Problem is that searches for Pittsburgh Courier archive shows that the searchable database seems restricted to students/staff/faculty of the many universities offering access.

Does anyone have the necessary credentials to help me out?

As usual, thanks in advance!

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3 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

I can try, although my uni's access appears date-restricted for this pub. What year/date is the photo? 

The date was October 10 1953 and should be findable on a search for "bill doggett" or "percy france" or "Mildred Anderson". I'd love to get a snip of photo and caption.

Thanks!

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6 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

I'm not having any luck, sorry. I broadened the search to my state's library system and then worldwide, but I only get date ranges from 1911-1950 for the Courier or dates starting in  1955 with the New Pittsburgh Courier. Ugh. 

Oh that sucks. Maybe you know someone else in the academic field with other modes of access? So strange that it would stop and resume like that. Thanks for your efforts.

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Thanks Jason.

This link

https://libraries.indiana.edu/pittsburgh-courier-proquest-historical-newspapers

has this description:

This database provides full page and article images with searchable full text from the Courier (1950-1954 : City ed.), New Pittsburgh courier (1969-1981 : City ed.), New Pittsburgh courier (1981-2002), Pittsburgh courier (1911-1950 : City ed.), and Pittsburgh courier (1955-1965 : City ed.). The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue in PDF format. (OCLC)

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So what is the difference between "the Courier (1950-1954: City ed.) and Pittsburgh Courier, which does have that gap? Can anyone try the Courier 1950-54?

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10 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Oh, you're looking into African-American newspapers now? God's work continues to call.

I'm looking into African-American newspapers under the time constraint of work and a free 7 day trial at newspapers.com. :)

But they are fruitful ... This was in the New York Age, in its final year of publication after a run that started in 1887 or so.

New York Age Clip replacement.jpg

9 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

Hey Dan, I located the scan that IU has, but it's worse than what you currently have--sent you a PDF of the page anyway.  Happy to help any time with searches that require academic portals.  

Thank you GoM, it seems like the academic archive is a single one that universities subscribe to so I think this is the end of the search unless it somehow shows up elsewhere like Google newspapers.

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26 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Ok, who was Steve Pulliam?

Like we've said before, you can't unsee or unlearn this stuff...

Anything in the Chicago Defender?

There was a trombonist by that name, and captured on Jaws in Orbit close to the same time.

Chicago Defender seems to be on the same service as the Courier ... and I am not seeing how I can get access myself and can hardly ask GoM to spend a day going thru one massive search for "Percy France" (did I ever mention there is a Percy, France, which had some significance during WWII, and subsequently, when soldiers injured there have died and their obits mention the location?)

Back to the subject of this thread because I have excellent news. Tried a filter option on my photo editing software and Percy's face came right out of the darkness. Way way better than I had, so I am quite pleased. Edit to say that manual adjustment of contrast and other things created an even better result than a simple filter option. :o:tup

 

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Minton's, Monroe's Uptown House, Basie's (pretty sure he was the manager of the place, iirc), a guy with a proven track record for doing that type of thing.

Lockjaw would have undoubtedly known him well, but...

Who else is left from the days of that circuit? I would hate to depend on Schaap as a single source, just because...who else is still alive and worked Harlem clubs regularly?

Kinda gives me a shudder that I can't think of anybody offhand...

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There is an incredible resource called RIPMjazz which has digital holdings of many jazz periodicals. Alas, it is only available to those with an academic affiliation to a university that subscribed to it.

My understanding is that once the DC Jazz Archives are reopened, I can access it in person.

Sounds like a great retirement project, if I can ever retire.

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Dan, I have full access both to www.newspapers.com and www.newspaperarchive.com. Most well-known Afro-American papers are included. 

I've devoted thousands of hours to perusing through these online archives, launching any type of imaginable search. So let me know if I can help.

Please find attached an appetizer. Image quality of the scans is not the best for most of these archives. It is ok for text, but most often images are unusable.

MeridianEcho_1953.03.01_page 4.jpg

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4 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Dan, I have full access both to www.newspapers.com and www.newspaperarchive.com. Most well-known Afro-American papers are included. 

I've devoted thousands of hours to perusing through these online archives, launching any type of imaginable search. So let me know if I can help.

Please find attached an appetizer. Image quality of the scans is not the best for most of these archives. It is ok for text, but most often images are unusable.

MeridianEcho_1953.03.01_page 4.jpg

Thanks Agustín looks like you found something I have not, I guess that was not in newspapers.com as I've searched that a couple of times.  That is a King promo photo that appears in the Chronological Classics Bill Doggett 1952-53 so I have a nice scan of it already, I just wish the entire caption was legible. Was that from the Newspaperarchive.com site? What paper?

"... spotlighted on Ralph Cooper's "Here's to Harlem" TV ..."?? Of course the likelihood that anything exists now is practically zilch given the time period, that is still amazing to see that there might have once existed performance video.

I'll send you a PM about other searches.

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1 hour ago, Dan Gould said:

Thanks Agustín looks like you found something I have not, I guess that was not in newspapers.com as I've searched that a couple of times.  That is a King promo photo that appears in the Chronological Classics Bill Doggett 1952-53 so I have a nice scan of it already, I just wish the entire caption was legible. Was that from the Newspaperarchive.com site? What paper?

Yes, source is www.newspaperarchive.com.

MeridianEcho_1953.03.01_page 4 (I put this as the attached file's name).

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7 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

Please find attached an appetizer. Image quality of the scans is not the best for most of these archives. It is ok for text, but most often images are unusable.

MeridianEcho_1953.03.01_page 4.jpg

I had a brainstorm, I have the Chronological Classics photo, and now I'd like to see if my guy can set it up so that the scan loads, and then on a short delay, the original photo overlays on top. Would be cool, methinks.

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