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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

Henry Townsend at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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Henry Townsend, wearing a bowler hat, suit and striped shoes, sits and looks down at a keyboard he is playing during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Marquise Knox stands on stage behind...

Date Published

2006-06-25

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Keyboard players
Townsend, Henry

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

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

Time Periods (Collection)

2001-2010 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American men (1)
Blues festivals (1)
Blues musicians (1)
Guitarists (1)
Music festivals (1)
(-) Keyboard players (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Knox, Marquise (1)
(-) Townsend, Henry (1)

Events (Collection)

Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)

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