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Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles Collection

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This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the photographs, identifying people, place, date, and event, rendering the collection highly discoverable to researchers.

Items in Collection: 866

Topics

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Women’s History & Representation

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Bobby Watson in the Battle of the Saxes

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Bobby Watson, facing to the right of the photographer, blows into a saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes in the Grand Emporium.

Date Published

2000-08-17

Gerald Dunn in the Battle of the Saxes

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Gerald Dunn closes his eyes and blows into a tenor saxophone at the Battle of the Saxes at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published

2000-08-17

Clear selected
Battle of the Saxes (2000)
African American men

Types (Collection)

photographs (2)

Genres (Collection)

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

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (2)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (2)
Jazz musicians (2)
Saxophonists (2)
(-) African American men (2)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Dunn, Gerald (1)
Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)

Events (Collection)

(-) Battle of the Saxes (2000) (2)

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Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Watson in the Battle of the Saxes

Gerald Dunn in the Battle of the Saxes

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