Finding Aid to the Rae Hamilton Music and Photographs Coll2014.061
Michael C. Oliveira
Processing this collection has been funded by a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Rae Hamilton music and photographs
creator:
Hamilton, Rae
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.061
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1945-1948
Abstract: Music and photographs, 1945-1948, of singer Rae Hamilton. She performed at the Cafe Continentale Bar and Night Club during
the 1940s. The bar was located at 7823 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, California, and was operated by lesbian women, Tess
and Silva.
Language of Material: English
Kay Hamilton sang and played the marimba on an episode of Packard-Bell Television Talent Test in 1948. She also sang at the
Cafe Continentale Bar and Night Club during the 1940s as Rae Hamilton. The bar was located at 7823 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Hollywood, California.
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Existence and Location of Copies
The June Mazer Archives, West Hollywood, California
The Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York, New York
Immediate Source of Acquistion
Gift of Marie Cartier, circa 2009.
[Item] Rae Hamilton Music and Photographs, Coll2014-061, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, September 2014.
The collection consists of reprints of photographs, sheet music to Hamilton's
Crazy About You, and a transcript of the Packard-Bell Television Talent Test. The program aired on KFI Los Angeles; Hamilton was a contestant
on the November 06, 1948 episode.
Separated to the ONE Music / CD collection
Untitled, Rae Hamilton, ACD 0957
My Dream of Happiness. 1923, box 904. Sheet Music Collection (Collection PASC 147-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Lesbian singers -- California -- Los Angeles
Photographs
Hamilton, Rae
folder 1
Music and photographs 1945-1948