The FBI's fingerprint file room was a huge building with hundreds of people crammed into boxes and desks. The scope is impressive: 23 million personal files and 10 million cards with prints, and at least 400 thousand cards are added every month.
The Original Betty Boop, Esther Jones aka Baby
Esther.
Esther Jones, known by her stage name,"Baby Esther,'
was a African American singer and entertainer of the
late 1920s. She performed regularly at the The Cotton
Club in Harlem. Helen Kane saw her act in 1928 and
appropriated Jones' 'baby' singing style for a recording
of"I Wanna Be Loved By You."Jones' style went on to
become the inspiration for the voice of Betty Boop.