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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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Arthur Jackson at the Grand Emporium

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Arthur Jackson, wearing a tuxedo and a beret, closes his eyes as he blows into a tenor saxophone at the Speed Huggins Benefit in the Grand Emporium.

Date Published

1999-02-27

Eddie Saunders the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest

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Eddie Saunders, wearing a beret, tilts his head to the left as he blows into a saxophone at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published

2000-06-24

Clear selected
African American men
Berets

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)
(-) Berets (2)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (1)
Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
Saunders, Eddie (1)

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Evie Quarles Collection

Arthur Jackson at the Grand Emporium

Eddie Saunders the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest

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