Rural Life
This file appears in: 1920s Bloomington
Bloomington in the early 1900s and 1920s had a population of less than 10,000. The area outside of town was rural and dotted with small farms. This photograph of Hoagy on the left with two friends, Tom Roberts and Roenna Keane, is inscribed with the note "the rural life" on the back.
This file appears in: 1920s Bloomington
1920s Bloomington
Hoagy learned of Black life through socializing with Black communities in Indianapolis and Bloomington. He told a story in his autobiography The Stardust Road about spending many of those spring afternoons with friends out at Granny Campbell’s…