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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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Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Elder Statesmen of KC Jazz including Oliver Todd sitting at the piano on the far left of the photograph, then Ben Kynard blowing into a saxophone seated in front of the piano, then Henry Hoard looking...

Date Published

1999-10-24

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Knowles, Wes

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)
Pianists (1)
Saxophonists (1)
Trumpet players (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

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

Subjects, People (Collection)

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

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