Bijou - Ad - racially segregated balcony
| Title | Bijou - Ad - racially segregated balcony |
| Date | 9/3/1948 |
| Item Type | Newspaper (advertisement) |
| Publication | Wilmington Star |
| Description | Ad for Glen Thompson and his Dixie Playboys stage show at the Bijou. |
| Notes | Thompson was a country music performer on WBBB in Burlington who achieved considerable success in the post-war period. He toured movie theaters in the winter and did tent shows in the summer. See Bob Carlin, "String Bands in the N.C. Piedmont" (MacFarland, 2004). This ad shows symbiosis between movie theaters and local/regional musical talent in the post-war period along with relationship with radio. |
| Associated Venues | Bijou |
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| Repository |
Reaves Collection Courtesy New Hanover Public Library |
