RCA Studios Chicago

CTL-E-0178 · Institution · studio · mid-20th century

Provisional evidence grade of this record

RCA Victor's Chicago recording studios

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Also known as: RCA Victor Chicago studios

Sources

Pearl Hi-Fi — Thirty-five Year History of the Recording Studio

Record CTL-E-0178 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Provisional · CTL research: BMI-002.
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Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Children playing in vacant lot in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Hallway of a kitchenette apartment building, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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