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Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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This collection features numerous publicity and promotional shots issued by Captiol Records, and is especially valuable for the research of the early history of the record industry during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the development of jazz and popular music.

Items in Collection: 2,255

Topics

Advertising & Media

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

1 - 4 of 4 items

Jimmie Lunceford

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Publicity photo of Jimmie Lunceford holding a conducting baton in both hands, looking forward, and smiling. Lunceford is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published

1941

1945

Jimmie Lunceford and Joe Thomas

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Jimmie Lunceford holding a conducting baton and Joe Thomas playing saxophone in an unidentified venue.

Date Published

1941

1945

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford

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Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford standing around an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone, Cole is wearing a pinstripe suit and holding a harmonica. Humes is wearing a...

Date Published

1944

Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne

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Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne standing behind a USA microphone and laughing. Cole is wearing a light colored suit and patterned tie and is holding out his hand, touching Horne's hand...

Date Published

1945

1950

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Portrait photographs
1941-1950
Lunceford, Jimmie

Types (Collection)

photographs (4)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (4)
Gelatin silver prints (4)
Group portraits (3)
Publicity photographs (2)
Snapshots (2)
(-) Portrait photographs (4)

Time Periods (Collection)

(-) 1941-1950 (4)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (4)
Conductors (Music) (2)
Saxophonists (2)
Actors (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
Horne, Lena (1)
Humes, Helen (1)
Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
(-) Lunceford, Jimmie (4)