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Images from Dessau Hall
Jesse James and His Boys inside Dessau Hall, undated
Museum of the Gulf Coast
Artists
Jesse James and His Gang
Venues
Dessau Hall
Harry Choates performing in Dessau Hall, undated
Museum of the Gulf Coast
Venues
Dessau Hall
Jesse James and His Boys at Dessau Hall, date unknown.
[Photograph of Jesse James and His Boys Performing]
, photograph, Date Unknown; accessed December 18, 2020, University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History
; crediting Museum of the Gulf Coast.
Appears in…
“Western Swing in Austin, Part I: 1940-1950” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Artists
Jesse James and His Gang
Venues
Dessau Hall
Hank Thompson and Jesse James at Dessau Hall, date unknown.
[Photograph of Hank Thompson and Jesse James]
, photograph, Date Unknown; accessed December 18, 2020, University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History
; crediting Museum of the Gulf Coast.
Appears in…
“Western Swing in Austin, Part I: 1940-1950” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Artists
Jesse James and His Gang
Venues
Dessau Hall
Harry Choates at Dessau Hall, 1947-1951.
Brill, Bubs.
[Photograph of Harry Choates]
, photograph, Date Unknown; accessed December 18, 2020, University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History
; crediting Museum of the Gulf Coast.
Appears in…
“Western Swing in Austin, Part I: 1940-1950” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Artists
Harry Choates and the Jolie Blon String Band
Venues
Dessau Hall
Harry Choates Memorial Benefit, Dessau Hall, July 1951.
Austin Statesman
(July 30, 1951).
Appears in…
“Western Swing in Austin, Part I: 1940-1950” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Venues
Dessau Hall
Hank Thompson and Jesse James at Dessau Hall, late 1940s-early 1950s.
[Photograph of A Group at a Table in Dessau Hall]
, photograph, Date Unknown; accessed December 19, 2020, University of North Texas Libraries,
The Portal to Texas History
; crediting Museum of the Gulf Coast.
Appears in…
“Introduction: The Wild Side of Life” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Artists
Jesse James and His Gang
Venues
Dessau Hall