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COOLEY, Spade (1910–1969). Signed Photograph. Circa 1940s. Photograph of Spade Cooley in western attire. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Cooley. Stamped in red verso: “Don't Miss— Foreman Phillips County Barn Dance / Every Friday-Saturday-Sunday Nites / Spade Cooley's Barn Dance Boys / Venice Pier (Venice, California)". Cooley, known as the “King of Western Swing" was tried and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans, in 1961. 10 x 8". Dampening stain upper left, else very good.