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Sing Along

by The Library of Congress

Enjoy images of soloists, popular entertainers, choirs, informal groups, folksingers, and more enjoying the art of singing—all from the Prints & Photographs Division's collections.

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Bella Sumares is the comedienne of the group of Portuguese who put on an hour radio program daily over KROW in Oakland, California. Miss Sumares was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts; her parents were born in Madeira, Portugal. Miss Sumares says "I like to

Trio. Community sing, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

[Burl Ives in recording studio with young boy] (LOC)

Washington, D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt listening to Carile Tart of the District of Columbia recreation committee sing folk songs at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of American, Congress of Industrial Organi

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. Nathleen Rea, twenty-three years old, a graduate student at Lehigh University, sings soprano (LOC)

Lena Horne (LOC)

[Marian Anderson, facing the Washington Monument, sings to an audience seated in front of the Lincoln Memorial, at a memorial service for Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, April 20, 1952] (LOC)

[Portraits of Stavin' Chain and Wayne Perry performing, Lafayette, La.] (LOC)

[Pete Seeger, half-length portrait, singing while playing banjo] (LOC)

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sergeant Williams and friends singing around the piano at the service club (LOC)

Liza Minnelli recording (LOC)

New York, New York. Duke Ellington's songstress, Betty Rocha, singing the "Salt Lake City Blues" during the floor show at the Hurricane Ballroom (LOC)

Final barber shop quartet contest presented by Park Department on the Mall, Central Park Sept. 10, 8:15 p.m. (LOC)

The children's choir at a Pentecostal church. Chicago, Illinois (LOC)

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. Spectators rising to sing the "Star Spangled Banner" at the Memorial Day services in the amphitheater (LOC)

Placido Domingo, opera singer (LOC)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Bach festival. The choir giving a performance at Packer memorial chapel of Leigh University (LOC)

A corner in the room for enlisted men at the American Red Cross Canteen at Issoudun. The walls are decorated with French and American posters and the canteen workers join the soldiers in singing all the favorites (LOC)

Australian Army Y.M.C.A. in Julis Camp. A sing around the piano (LOC)

Rosemary Clooney, singer (LOC)

Amateur contest, July 23rd - Du Page County centennial, Warrenville (LOC)

[Woman singing at microphone, National Recording Studio] (LOC)

The village choir (LOC)

Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Student choir singing on the campus (LOC)

School children singing, Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)