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Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman Collection

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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 - 3 of 3 items

Priscilla Bowman

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Priscilla Bowman outdoors against red wall.

Date Published

1984-09

Priscilla Bowman at Spirit Festival

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

Date Published

1981

1990

Priscilla Bowman in front of oversized image of herself

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

Date Published

1981

1990

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1981-1990

Types (Collection)

photographs (3)

Genres (Collection)

Portrait photographs (3)
Black & white photographs (2)
Gelatin silver prints (2)
Snapshots (2)

Time Periods (Collection)

(-) 1981-1990 (3)

Subjects (Collection)

African American women (3)
Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
Women singers (2)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Bowman, Priscilla (3)

Events (Collection)

Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

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