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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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Alberta Adams and Johnnie Bassett at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Alberta Adams sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand while Johnnie Bassett stands next to her, wearing a flat cap, smiling, and playing a guitar on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C...

Date Published

1999-05-28

Alberta Adams at the W.C. Handy Awards

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Alberta Adams, wearing sunglasses, sits and talks on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.

Date Published

2001-05-24

Clear selected
Adams, Alberta

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 women (2)
Blues musicians (2)
Singers (2)
African American men (1)
Guitarists (1)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (2)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Bassett, Johnnie (1)
(-) Adams, Alberta (2)

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Evie Quarles Collection

Alberta Adams and Johnnie Bassett at the W.C. Handy Awards

Alberta Adams at the W.C. Handy Awards

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