Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell
Dave Dexter, Bob Eberly, and Helen O'Connell standing behind a microphone. Dexter is handing a record to an unidentified white man on the side. All are smiling.
Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell
Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling. Dexter is holding a record with the Capitol label and O'Connell is holding sheet music by a microphone.
Capitol Baseball Team
Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back row with hands clasped together. Nat King Cole is...
Cornetist Pete Daily with Dave Dexter
Cornet player Pete Daily and Dave Dexter standing in front of a studio wall. Dexter is smoking a cigarette and holding the musician's cornet.
Dave Dexter and Capitol Records staff recording an album
Dave Dexter and unidentified Capitol Records staff (all white men) recording a Christmas album. Dexter is seated at the bottom right, playing saxophone and facing toward a microphone stand in the...
Dave Dexter and Pat Dexter with Down Beat magazine staff
Dave Dexter and Pat Dexter seated at a dining table with Down Beat magazine staff. Pat Dexter is second from the right and facing forward while smiling. Dave Dexter is facing away and holding a...
Dave Dexter with Sharkey & his Kings of Dixieland
Dave Dexter with Sharkey & his Kings of Dixieland during a recording session. Left to right are Sharkey Bonano,trumpet; Santo Pecora, trombone; Monk Hazel, drums; Lester Bouchon, clarinet; Dave Dexter...
Dave Dexter with Zutty Singleton
Dave Dexter standing in the back corner of a studio talking with Zutty Singleton who is seated at a drum set. Six unidentifeid African American men from an unidentified band are seated and playing...
Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"
Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program in Los Angeles, California. An...
Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae
Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae sitting on a sofa in the Plantation Club (location unknown). Dexter is holding an instrument case, looking to the side, and smiling. Lunceford is holding a...
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio
Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an unidentified white woman. Dexter, far left, is facing...
Desi Arnaz, Anita O'Day, and Dave Dexter at "Can You Tie That"
Desi Arnaz, Anita O'Day, and Dave Dexter seated at a table and looking to the side and talking during a taping of "Can You Tie That." radio broadcast. The table is covered with microphones, a pitcher...
Eddie Dein, Al Jarvis, Dave Dexter, Walter Rubsamen, and Connie Haines
Eddie Dein, Dave Dexter, and Walter Rubsamen standing and looking down at Al Jarvis and Connie Haines seated by KLAC microphones in a recording studio.
Ella Mae Morse and Johnny Mercer
Ella Mae Morse and Johnny Mercer holding hands and embracing as though dancing in front of a patterned curtain. Morse is looking forward and smiling, wearing a white blouse and dark skirt. Mercer is...
Freddy Martin and Buddy DeSylva
Freddy Martin (left) and Buddy DeSylva (right) standing next to a Blue Network microphone. Martin and DeSylva are smiling and looking at each other. Martin is wearing a pinstripe suite and black tie...
Jazz musicians with Dave Dexter
An unidentified man at left end of table, Lou Bring, Mildred Bailey, Manny Klein, an unidentified man (standing), Dave Dexter, and Glenn Wallichs (mostly out of frame) seated at a dining table with...
Jazz musicians with Dave Dexter
Mildred Bailey, wearing a floral headpiece, Manny Klein, wearing a white suit, an unidentified man (standing), Dave Dexter, wearing a wool suit, and Glenn Wallichs seated at a dining table with water...
Jim Moran, Turhan Bey, Matt Dennis, and Dave Dexter on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"
Jim Moran, Turhan Bey, Matt Dennis, and Dave Dexter seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted by Al Jarvis in Los Angeles, California. An...
Jim Moran, Turhan Bey, Matt Dennis, and Dave Dexter on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"
Jim Moran, Turhan Bey, Matt Dennis, and Dave Dexter seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted by Al Jarvis in Los Angeles, California. Moran is...
Lee Gillette, Dave Dexter, James Conkling, and Alan Livingston
Lee Gillette, Dave Dexter, James Conkling, and Alan Livingston looking over a recent Merle Travis record release. Gillette is pointing to the record which Conkling is holding. Livingston is holding...
Lionel Hampton and Dave Dexter
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Pat Dexter, Dave Dexter, and Ed Flynn
Pat Dexter, Dave Dexter, and Ed Flynn seated at a dining table with an unidentified white man and woman. Pat Dexter is seated on far left with hands resting on the table. Dave Dexter is seated second...
Paul Weston, "Wingy" Manone, and Johnny Mercer
Paul Weston, "Wingy" Manone, and Johnny Mercer looking over sheet music. All three are leaning on a piano and looking down. Weston is holding a pencil on the music. Manone is standing in the center...
Ralph Edwards
Publicity photo from the side of Ralph Edwards leaning forward and looking to the side. Edwards is wearing a suit and striped tie.
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette looking over music in the studio. Ford and Bee are singing and looking forward at the music while Dexter looks at camera. Several...