The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
This image of a ticket to the Crystal Ball Room was good for the use of one pair of roller skates for fifty cents. Walter Roung and Adolph Berg were the owners at the time. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This ticket would have been a pretty expensive ticket in the 1920s selling for seventy-five cents advanced purchase of a dollar at the door. But Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops could have brought that kind of money at the Crystal Ball Room. The...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This poster is an advertisement for Ginger and his...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster is advertising the 12 Creoles, a big band popular in the 1920s that played often at the Savoy in Chicago. The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Tickets; Memorabilia; Dance halls;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. This ticket admitted one lady on Saturday night.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Advertisements; Publicity; Big bands;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
This photo is a publicity photograph, popular in the early 1900s. The Black Diamonds were a big band contracted by the Brunswick Recording Company. The Crytal Ball Room where they were contracted in Bass Lake was built c.1925 and was a popular...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands;
Female band leaders were not common in the first quarter of the 1900s, but Bobbie Grice and her Brick Tops had a big following nation-wide. A big part of that was her band's musical talent and another part was, of course, the unique fact that they...
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 was famous for contracting big bands and entertainment and remained popular through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Publicity photographs; Big bands; Dance halls;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
During the 1920s and 30s, Maurie Sherman was a well-known leader of a Chicago band who appeared often at the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman (no relation) . Maurie gained much popularity via his frequent remote radio broadcasts, both local and...
Starke County (Ind.); Dance halls; Automobiles; Big bands; Boxing;
The Crytal Ball Room, built c.1925 at the south end of Bass Lake, was a popular place through the 1960's. It featured big bands and dancing, roller skating and other events, such as prize fights. Young men bought tickets for 10 cents for the...
