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050/01. All

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 050/01

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.13
Description of the Collection

December 1950 issue of Harper's Magazine (vol. 201, no. 1207) containing an article (pp.86-97) titled "The Strangest Place in Chicago" by John Bartlow Martin which describes life in the Mecca apartment building at 34th and State streets.

Dates: 1950

Mecca Building tile, 1892

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.12
Description of the Collection

Hexagonal terra cotta-colored glazed ceramic (?) floor (?) tile from the Mecca Flats building which was located at 34th Street and Dearborn streets, Chicago, IL. Ca. 6" diameter.

Dates: 1892

Paramount Records reissue label for "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats," 1950

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.11
Description of the Collection

Printed label (gray on black) for a 1950 reissue of a 1926 Paramount Records phonograph 78 rpm disc titled "Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flats" by Jimmie Blythe. Label appears not to have been used. Marked as follows: Paramount/Electrically Recorded/14019 B/Piano Solo/Lovin's Been Here and/Gone to Mecca Flats/(blithe)/Jimmie/Blythe/335/The New York Laboratories - Port Washington, Wis Trade Mark Registered.

Dates: 1950

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