In photos, witness to the era of vinyl
By Tim Arango | New York Times | Updated: 2010-11-21 09:04
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Archivists' finds include this portrait of Aretha Franklin and a photocopy of a letter that Beethoven wrote from Vienna to a former pupil in 1819. Michael Appleton for The New York Times; below, Warner Chappell Archives |
The images have been scattered about in dusty and moldy warehouses, relics of the pre-Internet age. Photography was integral to selling music then, and the photographers went on to become nearly as famous as their subjects.
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