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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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Scamps are ready to play

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Scamps on stage at Crown Center ready to play, a large decorative snowflake behind them: Lucky Wesley playing the upright bass; Henry Hoard sitting and holding an alto saxophone; Rusty Tucker seated...

Date Published

1998

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Snowflakes in art

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)
Double bassists (1)
Drummers (Musicians) (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Pianists (1)
Saxophonists (1)
(-) Snowflakes in art (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
Jackson, Arthur, 1920-2006 (1)
Massingale, Rudy (1)
Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
Wesley, Lucky (1)

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