Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Dr. Folsom D. Jackson, new minister of music at Christ Methodist Church, NE 17 and Kelley, has directed choirs in Oklahoma City continuously since 1912."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Joy Daniel, Eldorado, left, and June Seright, Hollis, look over the new music hall nearing completion on the campus of Southwestern State College."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ford Music hall at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, is rapidly going up."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Webb, Mary Lee - Oklahoma City - Singer - First Christian Church - 1951"

Photograph of an acoustic guitar leaning against a piano. It has a black plastic pickguard and appears to be a tan color.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chamber music of Oklahoma, Inc." is the name selected by a new group formed recently to carry on the series of chamber music concerts started two years ago under Oklahoma City Symphony Society sponsorship."

Lauritz Melchior, opera singer, signing autograph after concert.

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Merl Cornelius, vocal music instructor for Classen highschool, Oklahoma City, is taking a bus man's holiday by teaching on the summer faculty at Southwestern State college, but with a new approach."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph of Lauritz Melchior descending stairs with a man. Melchior performed in Austin in January 1951.

Photograph of four men and four women dancing on set. The women are wearing floral pattern puffy dresses. They have short, dark, curly hair. The men are wearing long-sleeve shirts with pants. A group of musicians stands off the side of the picture. They are playing the violin, the cello, the accordion, and the guitar. The set is enclosed by fake walls, chairs, and many objects. There is a boom pole with a microphone to the right of the image and different types of lights hanging from the ceiling.

Photo of Lauritz Melchior signing autograph. Austin, Texas.

Photograph of three men performing. The two men in the front are playing a violin and an accordion, respectively; the third man, standing behind them, is playing a mandolin.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph of a band of six men standing by a woman playing the piano. The woman on the piano is looking at the camera. From left tor right the men in the band are playing a cello, an accordion, a guitar, a violin, and a saxophone. They are all wearing hats except one member. To the left of the band is a man standing and watching them. Behind them is a small window looking into the booth that has a couple of men sitting within it. In the left foreground of the image is another piano with no one on it.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Judge J. Knox Byrum / Shawnee"

Photograph of four girls performing on stage with 'Fessor Graham and his orchestra at the Old Maids Day celebration. Floyd "Fessor" Graham is visible on the left side of the image while members of the performing big band are on the right.

Photograph of bandleader Ted Weems conducting his orchestra in front of a dance floor at the Austin Club, located at 110 East 9th Street. People dressed in semi-formal attire are dancing behind him.

Photograph of Ted Weems and his orchestra at the Austin Club. He is standing in front of them, and the musicians have music on their music stand. There are saxophones and clarinets in the front row and a trombone in the back row. In the background is a guitar, a bass, and a piano.

Photograph of a band of six men standing by a woman playing the piano. The woman on the piano is looking at the camera. From left tor right the men in the band are playing a cello, an accordion, a guitar, a violin, and a saxophone. They are all wearing hats except one member. To the left of the band is a man standing and watching them. Behind them is a small window looking into the booth that has a couple of men sitting within it. In the left foreground of the image is another piano with no one on it. The band and piano player are all looking at the distant camera and smiling.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Here's a family teaching team -- Mrs. Mary Louise Murray and husband, F. J. Murray, 229 NW 9."

Photograph of four men and four women dancing on set. The women are wearing floral pattern puffy dresses. They have short, dark, curly hair. The men are wearing long-sleeve shirts with pants. A group of musicians stands off the side of the picture. They are playing the violin, the cello, and the accordion. The set is enclosed by fake walls and checkered tiles on the floor. There are two boom poles with microphones in the image and different types of lights hanging from the ceiling. Two WBAP-TV camera operators can be seen in the foreground and two men standing in the back.