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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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Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise

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Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks, one of the national acts at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. Ronnie Baker Brooks, wearing a baseball cap with Jimi Hendrix Experience embroidered on the...

Date Published

2002

Shemekia Copeland at the Grand Emporium

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Shemekia Copeland, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, pouts her lips with smiling eyes as she looks over her left shoulder and holds a microphone chest high in her right hand.

Date Published

1999-02-27

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Copeland, Shemekia

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)

Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Brooks, Ronnie Baker (1)
(-) Copeland, Shemekia (2)

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Evie Quarles Collection

Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks at the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise

Shemekia Copeland at the Grand Emporium

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