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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

1 - 1 of 1 items

Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar at the Grand Emporium

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Washboard Chaz Leary, Lionel Young, and Lee Oskar, are one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium After Festival Jam. Washboard Chaz is wearing a bowler hat and laughing to his left...

Date Published

1999-07-18

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Men, White
Leary, Washboard Chaz

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (1)
Gelatin silver prints (1)
Group portraits (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American men (1)
Blues musicians (1)
Fiddlers (1)
Harmonica players (1)
Percussionists (1)
Violinists (1)
(-) Men, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Oskar, Lee (1)
Young, Lionel (1)
(-) Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)

Events (Collection)

K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (1)

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