Dick West Performing at WMRN, 1946

Original Item

Dick “Dick” West performing at WMRN in Marion, Ohio, 1946.

Description

This accession contains a group of black-and-white photographs documenting musician Richard “Dick” West performing at WMRN radio in Marion, Ohio in 1946. The images depict West performing live in the studio with accompanying musicians, illustrating the style of small-ensemble performances commonly broadcast by local radio stations during the mid-20th century.

The photographs survive as scans taken from a family scrapbook and were provided to the WMRN Radio History Archive by donor Larry Hass. The images capture an early period in WMRN’s broadcasting history when live musical performances were a regular feature of station programming.

These photographs provide visual documentation of performers, instrumentation, and studio practices associated with WMRN’s early years and contribute to the archive’s ongoing effort to preserve the cultural and musical heritage connected to the station.

Research Notes

Additional Details

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Transcription / OCR

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Dates mentioned: 1/1/1946

People and Timeline

People: performer Richard “Dick” West, WMRN Radio Station
Timeline placement: Place this record around 1/1/1946 in the station timeline, then compare it with related accessions and broadcast records from the same era.

Citation and Rights

WMRN-2026-005. Dick West Performing at WMRN, 1946. WMRN Radio History Archive.

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Full Catalog Metadata

Object type: Photograph
Date created: 1/1/1946
Source / donor: Larry Haas
Physical location: Not applicable (digital surrogates only)
Digital location: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1m9MX0gsSF7LmyK-8JyuheW13cz_9bJn4
Usage notes: No formal rights transfer agreement on file at time of accession. Images provided voluntarily via email correspondence. Rights review required prior to public distribution.