Priscilla Bowman Collection

The Priscilla Bowman Collection was gifted to LaBudde Special Collections in May 2012 by her daughter, Marcia Bowman Hunt. Bowman was a gifted, Kansas City-born jazz and rhythm-and-blues singer. Photographs include publicity, performance, and personal shots of Bowman, music colleagues and family in Kansas City and elsewhere, spanning the 1940s through the 1980s.

Items in Collection: 25

Topics

Black History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

1 - 6 of 6 items

Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified African American man at Mel's Hideaway in Chicago, Illinois.

Date Published

1951

1960

Priscilla Bowman performing at Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published

1981

1990

Priscilla Bowman posing in front of an oversized image of herself as a young woman.

Date Published

1981

1990

Publicity photo of Priscilla Bowman by Abner Records; address listed for label is 2129 South Michigan; Chicago 16, Illinois.

Date Published

1951

1960

Priscilla Bowman singing into a microphone she's holding at a venue called (likely) the Music Box.

Date Published

1948

Priscilla Bowman singing with the Curtyse Foster Band: "Bumps" Love (piano), Foster (sax), Elmer Price (trumpet), Bill Nolan (drums); unidentified Kansas City venue.

Date Published

1954-08-03

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Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified man at Mel's Hideaway

Priscilla Bowman at Spirit Festival

Priscilla Bowman in front of oversized image of herself

Priscilla Bowman publicity photo

Priscilla Bowman singing at the Music Box

Priscilla Bowman singing with Curtyse Foster Band at unidentified Kansas City venue

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