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(ENTERTAINMENT--RADIO.) Group of photographs of pioneering disc jockey Mary Dee. Various places, circa 1950s 5 items, various sizes.  Mary Goode Dudley (1912-1964), known on the air as Mary Dee, is considered the first Black woman to serve as a radio disc jockey in America. Raised in Homestead, PA near Pittsburgh, she attended Howard University before launching a show on her hometown WHOD 860 in August 1948. She offered a mix of music and community affairs; the show gradually expanded to two hours circa 1950-1952, and then to four hours. Later moving on to Baltimore and Philadelphia, she remained a popular radio personality through her death in 1964. This lot includes: Photo portrait, 3½ x 2½ inches, signed in green ink "Love, Mary Dee"; moderate wear, undated. Snapshot, 3½ inches square, of Dee in the lobby of WHAT-FM in Philadelphia, circa 1958-1964. Promotional photograph of Dee in her booth, 8 x 10 inches, issued by Wolf Shoe Store of Pittsburgh, with facsimile signature. Photo portrait, 10 x 8 inches, signed in ink by photographer Teenie Harris of Pittsburgh. Photograph of Dee and two others standing in front of "Studio Dee," 14 x 11 inches, thought to be by Teenie Harris; later print of circa early 1950s image.