Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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

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Advertising & Media

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

Members of the Yakama tribe who appeared in the Technicolor film “Canyon Passage” holding a reception for Elsa Maxwell and others, presenting her with regalia. Others attending are Peggy Ryan (with...

Date Published

1946

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey (left to right) standing in a semi-circle, posing for photo. Benny holds a violin and Dorsey holds...

Date Published

1945

1950

Rita Hayworth facing forward and smiling. Hayworth is wearing a white dress and standing next to an AFRS microphone.

Date Published

1945

1950

Digital Collections

Elsa Maxwell at reception

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey

Rita Hayworth

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