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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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Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, Linda Shell and others at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Blues and jazz musicians Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Richard Townsend, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, and Linda Shell gather together at noon on the steps of the...

Date Published

1999-09-18

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Searcy, Roy
Shell, Linda (Singer)

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)
Blues musicians (1)
Drummers (Musicians) (1)
Guitarists (1)
Harmonica players (1)
Jazz musicians (1)
Jazz singers (1)
Pianists (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

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

Subjects, People (Collection)

DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
Hamza, Luqman (1)
Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
King Alex, 1934-2008 (1)
Townsend, Richard (Singer) (1)
Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
Wright, Lawrence (Blues singer) (1)
(-) Searcy, Roy (1)
(-) Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)

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