Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe was an American baritone, a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the first major Black opera singer in the United States, and one of the first Black artists to gain re
Debut Recital Program, Aeolian Hall, New York City, April 20, 1924.
Recital Flyer, Maison Gaveau, Paris, 25 June 1931. Personal Direction, A. S. [sic] Huygens.
Jules Bledsoe as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida. Paris, 1937.
Opera The Emperor Jones, 1934. Poster by Willy Sluiter
435 Convent Avenue is a six-story granite, brick, and terra cotta cooperative apartment building called The Garrison Apartments, Inc. It stands at the southeast corner of Convent Avenue and West 149th
Jules Bledsoe
…880 St. Nicholas Avenue The Garrison Apartments, 435 Convent Avenue, where in 1929 he was one of this cooperative apartment building's original shareholders and Board members Later in his career, he lived in East Midtown…
The Garrison Apartments, Inc., 435 Convent Avenue
The New York Age, October 2, 1926.
New York Amsterdam News, October 15, 1930; p 23.