Evie Quarles Collection

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

Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival. Evie's glass rest on the top of her head.

Date Published

2004-06-26

Millage Gilbert, dressed as a king, with two unidentified white women in vintage clothing on each arm, and a crowd of people around them for the Millage Gilbert Parade during the Kansas City, Kansas...

Date Published

2004-06-26

The Scamps, on stage, are presented with plaques and an unidentified white woman gives them a cake during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published

2004-06-26

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Jay McShann and Evie Quarles at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest

Millage Gilbert at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

Scamps at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives