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Den One

CTL-E-4765 · Venue · club · 1974

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Chicago gay club where Ron Hardy began his DJ career in 1974 with two turntables, a mixer, and a reel-to-reel tape deck.

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Record CTL-E-4765 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: VERIFIED · 1 source · 1 mapped relationship · CTL research: RELP-001.
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Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941
Children at the table in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941
Children asleep in a kitchenette apartment, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941
Children at a meal, Chicago, 1941Photo: Russell Lee, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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