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Bessie Smith: Media

American singer

Images

Empress of the Blues
Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Carl Van Vechten Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-100863)
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Carl Van Vechten Estate/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC-USZ62-11788
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Carl Van Vechten Estate/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC-DIG-ppmsca-09571
Bessie Smith
Blues singer Bessie Smith, photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1936.
Carl Van Vechten Estate/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. LC-USZ62-124517

Interactives

Map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61)
An interactive map of the Blues Highway (U.S. Route 61), highlighting important blues...
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