Brutkey

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Two great blues musicians, and 2000 more records

By John Mark Ockerbloom

David Seubert writes that more than 2500 records from 1925 digitized by the UC Santa Barbara Library will soon be freely downloadable there.

Full list is available online:
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/1925-recordings-digitized-ucsb-entering-public-domain-january-1-2026

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12th Street Rag by Euday L. Bowman. Sheet music, early (first?) edition, 1915, published by J.W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. The central image depicts a bustling urban street scene, likely representing 12th Street itself.It shows: A crowded sidewalk filled with people in early 1900s attire Men wearing bowler hats, straw boaters, and other period headwear Women in long dresses and elaborate hats typical of the 1910s A figure on the right wearing what appears to be striped pants or trousers Buildings with awnings and storefronts lining the street in the background The scene captures the energy and social atmosphere of a busy commercial district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Street_Rag#/media/File:12thStreetRag1915.jpg