These Paramount Records print ads span from 1927-1932 and were originally printed in the Chicago Defender. Paramount Records began around 1910 in a Wisconsin furniture company that began pressing records in hopes that’d help them sell record players The company curated and released a legendary catalogue of classic early jazz and Delta blues 78s by the likes of Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
I just think they look spectacular.
originally ran in the Dangerous Minds blog
Go to this site for links and a more comprehensive history of these classic pieces of art
