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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

Lawrence Wright receives the lifetime achievement award at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with his right hand at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz...

Date Published

1998-07-18

Clear selected
Music festivals
Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer)

Types (Collection)

photographs (1)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (1)
Gelatin silver prints (1)
Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American men (1)
Blues festivals (1)
Blues musicians (1)
Jazz festivals (1)
Music--Awards (1)
Pianists (1)
Plaques, plaquettes (1)
(-) Music festivals (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

(-) Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)

Events (Collection)

Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)

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