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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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Oliver Todd, Ben Kynard, Carl Fusaro, Henry Hoard, Marcellus Lee and Elmer Price perform at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Oliver Todd seated at and playing a white baby grand piano with his right side toward the photographer is looking intently at the wind players. Standing in front of the piano is an unidentified white...

Date Published

2000-01-22

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Guitarists
Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010

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 jazz musicians (1)
African American men (1)
Double bassists (1)
Drummers (Musicians) (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Jazz musicians, White (1)
Men, White (1)
Pianists (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Trumpet players (1)
(-) Guitarists (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

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

Subjects, People (Collection)

Fusaro, Carlo (1)
Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (1)
Lee, Marcellus (1)
Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
Todd, Oliver, 1916-2001 (1)
(-) Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)

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