Advertisement for records of Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Ma Rainey
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Advertisement for records of Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Ma Rainey
Description
This advertisement depicts new records out by three "blues queens": Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Ma Rainey. The fact that this ad grouped these three women together suggests that they were viewed as the dominant artists in the "race" or "colored" records market of the mid-1920s.
Date
February 2, 1924
Type
Newspaper advertisement
Related to
This advertisement depicts new records out by three "blues queens": Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Ma Rainey. The fact that this ad grouped these three women together suggests that they were viewed as the dominant artists in the "race" or "colored" records market of the mid-1920s.