Graystone Ballroom - Artifacts
Graystone Ballroom
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A promotional photo of McKinney's Cotton Pickers, the renowned Graystone house band, at the Graystone's fountain
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A program for an event to raise money to save the Graystone. It would prove too late.
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A Graystone poster featuring Duke Ellington
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A business card for the Graystone International Jazz Museum
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A brochure from the Graystone International Jazz Museum
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An ad from 1930 for a show at the Graystone
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A flyer for an event in 1980 that was to raise money to save the Graystone. It was too little, too late.
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Ad for Ray Charles at the Graystone on Aug. 14, 1961
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An ad for Fats Domino at the Graystone in April 1959
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The fountainhead from the Graystone Ballroom was rescued during the building's demo by the Graystone Jazz Museum. It was donated in 2017 to the Detroit Historical Society by HistoricDetroit.org.
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A concert poster featuring Motown stars