Photograph of Don Redman and his Orchestra

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Don Redman and his Orchestra. Redman and his Orchestra are depicted on a stage decorated in a gambling theme that includes dice, roulette wheels, playing cards, and racing forms. In the center of the photograph is Don Redman, depicted wearing a white suit with a dark tie. He is standing in the middle of a painted roulette wheel on the floor. On either side of the stage are large dice. Along the back of the stage are two (2) rows of fourteen (14) musicians in total, playing brass and string instruments. The backdrop of the stage is decorated with suspended large playing cards and two (2) large racing forms. At the center of the backdrop is a large roulette wheel of numbers. Inside the wheel is a swirl of lights that ends at the center.

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