Graystone Ballroom; Interior. dance halls

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Description:

Interior view of the dance floor at the Graystone Ballroom at Woodward Avenue and Canfield in Detroit, Michigan. "The Graystone attracted an older crowd and got the big bands, Monday night at the Gray was known as "colored night," bands such as Cab Calloway's would swing down to Detroit after performing at Idlewild, a black resort in western Michigan, local white band leaders were barred on Monday nights so they would climb the telephone poles outside the ballroom and listen in order to copy the musical arrangements of the black musicians," from Detroit News article.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Place:

Michigan, Detroit, Michigan, and Detroit

Subject Topic:

Ballrooms and Dance floors

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc39444_3