Pictography A Bebop band in a small club http://londonjazz.blogspot.com/2011/06/preview-miles-davis-bebop-years-st.html A family listens to a radio broadcast in the Swing era http://ericrhoads.blogs.com/.

a/6a00d834c9d85969e20120a51e7a77970c-pi A Fletcher Henderson Swing album http://www.freecodesource.com/album-covers/B00007GX4I--fletcher-henderson-fletcher-henderson1934-1937-album-cover.html A homeless family during the Depression http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/images/migrantmother.jpg A Lionel Hampton Swing album http://crooners.multiply.com/journal A pre-World War I military band http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/tag/band-photographs/ A record store in the Swing era http://www.uncamarvy.com/Turks/turks4.jpg A rowdy concert crowd http://ottawa.ca/en/residents/arts-culture-and-community/museums-and-heritage/they-were-seen-ottawa A run on a New York bank, 1930 http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/new-york-bank-run-1930-granger.jpg A separate colored waiting room. Even transportation was segregated. http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm A young audience at a Swing concert http://www.thefranksinatra.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/frank-sinatr-bobby-soxers.jpg Announcement for Louis Armstrongs London Palladium Swing performance http://jazzfirstbooks.com/catalog/images/Armstrong%20palladium%201932%20Louis%20page.jpgBallroom performances spread the popularity of Swing http://songbook1.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/savoy-ballroom-marquee-worlds-finest-1.jpg? w=400&h=313 Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton http://riverwalkjazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Benny_1937.jpg Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, pioneers of Bebop http://www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Parker+&+Dizzy+Gillespie/Diz+And+The+Bird/+images/59748449

Elvis TV debut with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey http://www.elvis-history-blog.com/elvis-dorsey.html Even Glenn Millers band did not meet immediate success http://www.swingmusic.net/Big_Band_Swing_From_Glenn_Miller.jpg Fans dancing at a Swing concert http://mousekevitz.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/424/711 George M. Cohan, a popular singer of the early 20th century http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/specialcollections/exhibits/patriotic/come-back.html Glenn Miller volunteered to lead an Army Air Force Band which boosted morale and raised funds for the war effort http://www.allmusic.com/album/missing-chapters-vol-2-keep-em-flying-mw0000079400 Glenn Millers and Jimmy Dorseys autographs collected by a fan http://www.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?ItemId=63772 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and the U.S. enters World War II http://www.history.com/photos/pearl-harbor/photo13 Jukeboxes helped drive the Swing Revolution http://coldwarrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/jukebox.jpg King Olivers Jazz Band http://x3andrea323.wix.com/1920s-jazz Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby http://riverwalkjazz.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BingLouis_1951AlbumCover.jpg Many restaurants served whites only http://www.tripodgirl.com/memories/2008/10/from-racial-segregation-to-oval-office.html New Swing music is still being produced http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Deal-Todays-Swing/dp/B00001IVK5/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=13 54937196&sr=8-4&keywords=swing+music Only white tenants were welcome in many apartment houses http://www.tripodgirl.com/memories/2008/10/from-racial-segregation-to-oval-office.html Painting of Bebop band http://www.etsy.com/listing/75460554/original-1940s-1950s-sacha-chimkevitch Scott Joplin was the father of ragtime http://hotjazzandcoolblues.blogspot.com/2011/11/scott-joplin-ragtime-classics.html

Separate drinking fountains. Most public facilities were segregated. http://blog.ericharmatz.com/?p=3 Sign warning away the unemployed. Even those who travelled in search of work often could not find it. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/04/0426_dow/image/2_great_depression.jpg Some saw Swing a threat to morals http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m483xgwaC31qbl0k8o1_400.jpg Swing artists paved the way internationally for later black musicians like Quincy Jones http://jazzbluesclub.com/2011/02/page/15/ Swing boosted jukebox revenue http://www.the60sofficialsite.com/jukebox/ Swing dancing at USO events boosted morale http://reflectingongenealogy.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html Swing drove zoot suit sales http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/0520253019/ref=dp_image_0/184-4373779-8169456? ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Swing movies boosted morale and the economy http://www.moviepostershop.com/swing-fever-movie-poster-1944 Swing relieved tension in wartime http://pinterest.com/pin/65231894573958780/ The classic Swing recordings are still sold http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0044DL9OU/ref=dp_image_0? ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music The end of Prohibition was hailed http://www.anydate.com/images/big/newsproh_detail.jpg The Madison Symphony Orchestra http://facstaff.uww.edu/allsenj/mso/HISTORY/VENUE_IMAGES/StockPavilion1930s.jpg The number of Swing bands exploded Artie Shaw's Band http://www.tuxjunction.net/articlepix/artieshaw-2.jpg Benny Goodman's Band http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3o9FUDlJrSw/TTJBRAmlvlI/AAAAAAAACCk/rJTmVfh6VBI/s640/bennygoodman-band-1937-in-hollywood-hotel-1-0t-f60-sh9f15.jpg Charlie Barnet's Band http://www.theastrocowboy.com/khol/BarnetBB.jpg

Chick Webb's Band http://www.swing-time.fr/Img_SwingEraOrch/Chick_Webb_Orch_1935.jpg Count Basie's Orchestra http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d2vG48evWDA/TixGOkPA_6I/AAAAAAAAAGA/ScuylgfLUhQ/s400/Coun t-Basie-and-Orch.jpg Duke Ellington's Band http://happy-go-lucky-bigband.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/ellington_1937.18570517_std.jpg Glenn Miller's Band http://music.colorado.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/GlennMillerOrchestra.jpg Teddy Wilson & Hampton To Have Their Own Bands http://www.swingmusic.net/Big_Band_Music_News_Articles/Hamp_Wilson_To_Have_Big_Bands.jpg The Dorseys' Band http://www.tuxjunction.net/tommydorsey/dorseyband1941.jpg Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra performing together on the radio http://www.last.fm/music/Frank+Sinatra+&+Tommy+Dorsey/+images/4022336 Unemployed men in line for food during the Depression http://core1220fall2012mw8.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/greatdepression.jpg Vacant Ohio department store during the Depression http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/images/1150.jpg Vi Wilson http://archive.org/download/ViWilson/ViWilson.jpg Viola Smith http://zildjian.com/News-Events/2012/11/Happy-Birthday-Viola Website banner Benny Goodman Orchestra http://www.swing-time.fr/Img_SwingEraOrch/Benny_Goodman_Orch.jpg Glenn Miller Orchestra http://www.swing-time.fr/Img_SwingEraOrch/Glenn_Miller_Orch_1939.jpg "In The Mood" sheet music http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0104352& Swing dancers http://swing.uchicago.edu/images/pictures/swingdance2.jpg With people on edge, mistaken reports of enemy attacks occurred. Music could help sooth wartime nerves. http://blog.rarenewspapers.com/?p=526 World War II begins with Germanys attack on Poland http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enam312/1939nyt.jpg