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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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Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, and Lee Oskar the Grand Emporium

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Sam Myers, wearing a harmonica belt filled with harmonicas and clutching a harmonica he is blowing into, stands in the middle of the stage between Anson Funderburgh, playing a guitar to Sam's back...

Date Published

2002-07-06

Sam Myers at the Grand Emporium

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Sam Myers, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing a double-breasted suit, peaks at the photographer over his hands that clasp an amplified harmonica.

Date Published

1998-12-31

Clear selected
Myers, Sam, 1936-2006

Types (Collection)

photographs (2)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (2)
Gelatin silver prints (2)
Group portraits (1)
Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods (Collection)

1991-2000 (1)
2001-2010 (1)

Subjects (Collection)

African American men (2)
Blues musicians (2)
Harmonica players (2)
Double bassists (1)
Guitarists (1)
Men, White (1)
Singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Kansas City (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Funderburgh, Anson (1)
Oskar, Lee (1)
(-) Myers, Sam, 1936-2006 (2)

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Evie Quarles Collection

Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, and Lee Oskar the Grand Emporium

Sam Myers at the Grand Emporium

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