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ROY CAREW GALLERY
Roy J. Carew in his home at 818 Quintana Place NW, Washington D.C. c. Feb. 1942 - courtesy of Edward J. Gottlieb Roy J. Carew lecturing on Jelly Roll Morton at the Washington Jazz Club, Washington D.C. c. June 1958 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins Edward 'Kid' Ory and Roy Carew at the Charles Hotel, Washington D.C. c. 1959 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins Roy J. Carew's house - 818 Quintana Place, N.W., Washington 11, D.C. - courtesy of Mark Plotkin

J. LAWRENCE COOK GALLERY
J. Lawrence Cook's son - Dr. Jean Lawrence Cook J. Lawrence Cook in 1968 at the Aeolian Company J. Lawrence Cook Frank Holland with J. Lawrence Cook at the Aeolian marking piano J. Lawrence Cook Walter Nuss and J. Lawrence Cook
J. Lawrence Cook in front of recording machine controls at Larry Givens’ factory - courtesy of Lisa A. Fagg J. Lawrence Cook in 1962 at the Imperial Industrial Co. - courtesy of Jack Shaylor

FRANK MELROSE GALLERY
Thanksgiving Day parade c. late 1930s - Frank Melrose, Wayne Freeman and his brother Ival (all on truck) - courtesy of Ida Melrose Shoufler Aunt Judy holding Ida, with Francene at her Aunt's left and Franklin below (all children of Frank Melrose) c. late 1941 - courtesy of Ida Melrose Shoufler Frances Melrose - courtesy of Ida Melrose Shoufler and Marie Jacobson

THE FORD FAMILY
(left) Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) at left of the group at a Canyonville School, c. 1937 Canyonville High School graduation class of 1942 with Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) in the centre of the group Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) holding his son Mike Ford, taken at Ford's restaurant, Canyonville, Oregon in 1945 Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) and 1st wife Betty Covey Ford in Reno, Nevada, 25th August 1946 Anita Gonzales Ford outside of Ford’s restaurant, Canyonville, Oregon, c. 1948
Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) outside Ford's restaurant, Canyonville, Oregon, c. 1948 Jack (John Francis) Ford with his grandson Mike Ford outside Ford's restaurant, Canyonville, Oregon, c. 1948 Henry Ford (Enrique Villalpando) and his son Mike Ford outside Ford's restaurant, Canyonville, Oregon, c. 1948

HISTORIC BUILDINGS
1443 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans - Jelly Roll Morton's childhood home 3119 Broderick St, San Francisco, California Alhambra Theater Building, 334 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Alhambra Theater Box Office and Entrance, 334 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Alhambra Theater Interior, 334 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Alhambra Theater Stage, 334 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hotel North, 542 6th Street, San Diego, California Topanga Beach Auto Court, Malibu, California, 1939. (courtesy of the Topanga Historical Society) Aldine Square, Vincennes Avenue, Chicago - (courtesy of Millie Gaddini) Dryades Market (c. 1950) at Dryades and Melpomene, New Orleans - (courtesy of The HNOC) Library of Congress Building which originally housed the Melrose Bros. Music Company, Inc., 177 N. State Street, Chicago, Ill.
U.S. Grant Hotel, 326 Broadway, San Diego, California Entrance to 6540 W. Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, California - (courtesy of Gary Rametta) The Lincoln Theatre - 1215 U Street, NW, D.C.
1211 U Street, NW, D.C. Entrance to 1211 U Street, NW, D.C. U.S. Grant Hotel Nameplate 542 Sixth Street, Historical Building Nameplate

PERSONALITIES
John Farrell Warren S. Trachtman Irwin Schwartz 'Perfessor' Bill Edwards Tony Romano Frederick J. Spencer M.D.
Ed Sprankle Frank Himpsl Robbie Rhodes Bob Berkman - Chief Operating Officer of QRS Music Rolls
Adam Ramet Hal Smith Ramsi P. Tick with the Marking Mechanism at QRS Bob Pinsker Douglas Henderson with the Leabarjan #5 Perforator Julian Dyer

MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS
Max Morath - signed photograph from Mike's collection Vaudeville artist Sammie Russell mentioned by Jelly Roll on Library of Congress AFS 1659-B. Sammie Russell was also known as Bilo - courtesy of Paige van Vorst Jelly Roll's father, Edward J. Lamothe, taken from his passport application No. 102083 dated 20th October 1920 Eubie Blake - signed photograph from Mike's collection Max Kortlander Alan Lomax
'Kid' Ory singing with Booker Coleman Band c. 1959 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins Danny Barker at an unknown venue, Washington, DC. c. 1957 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins right to left : Lucille and Louis Armstrong with Erroll Garner (standing) c. 1959 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins right to left : Ernie Anderson (Armstrong's agent/promoter) Louis and Lucille Armstrong with Erroll Garner c. 1959 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins right to left : Emerson Parker, Merrill Hammond, Tom Delaney and Tommy Lodge c. 1959 - courtesy of Harold Hopkins Ignace Colas and his wife Eugénie Amède Colas, c. 1955 - courtesy of Mali Colas
Gene Rodemich and his Brunswick Orchestra - courtesy of Hope Conley Lang Mike's hand-built music roll perforator Steven Bentley's hand-built music roll perforator

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