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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. We are Quarles for providing 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

1 - 4 of 4 items

Harry Hypolite at the 2001 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Harry Hypolite, wearing a Kufi hat, leans back as he plays guitar during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. A profile shadow is visible behind him.

Date Published

2001-07-20

Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite, one of the national acts to perform at the Blue Room, 18th & Vine, wearing a French beret, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone and plays an electric guitar.

Date Published

2002-02-28

Harry Hypolite with Big John and the 39th Street Blues Band at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite sits in the middle of the 39th Street Blues Band in a double-breasted white suit and satin Nehru collar shirt, wearing a cap, in the Blue Room, 18th & Vine. Big John [Amaro] stands...

Date Published

2002-02-28

Myra Taylor and Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.

Date Published

2002-02-28

Clear selected
Kansas City (Mo.)
Hypolite, Harry

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (4)
Gelatin silver prints (4)
Group portraits (2)
Portrait photographs (2)
Snapshots (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

2001-2010 (4)

Subjects (Collection)

African American men (4)
Blues musicians (4)
Guitarists (3)
African American women (1)
Blues festivals (1)
Jazz festivals (1)
Jazz singers (1)
Male singers (1)
Men, White (1)
Music festivals (1)
Singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

18th and Vine District (1)
(-) Kansas City (Mo.) (4)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Amaro, Big John (1)
Taylor, Myra (1)
(-) Hypolite, Harry (4)

Events (Collection)

Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (1)