Evie Quarles Collection

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

John Wilson, wearing a Batman ball cap and a Hawaiian print shirt, closes his eyes as he sings into a microphone held in his right hand at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society...

Date Published

2000-08-26

John Wilson, wearing a bowler hat and a tuxedo, smiles as he speaks into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues Society 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published

2000-12-17

John Wilson, wearing an "all star DAD" ball cap and overalls, sings into a microphone he holds in his right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published

2002-06-29

Digital Collections

John Wilson at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

John Wilson at the Grand Emporium

John Wilson at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Digital Projects

LaBudde Special Collections

Marr Sound Archives

University Archives