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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 - 3 of 3 items

Billie Holiday, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, an unidentified man, and Duke Ellington

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Billie Holiday, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, an unidentified man, and Duke Ellington sitting at a studio table with KFW microphones. Holiday is wearing a coat and hair wrap, looking to the side. Dexter...

Date Published

1945

Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, Eddie Condon, and Duke Ellington on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, Eddie Condon, Duke Ellington, and an unidentified man posing during a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program in Los Angeles, California. Dexter is standing in back...

Date Published

1945

1950

Duke Ellington and Al Jarvis

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Al Jarvis and Duke Ellington seated at a table looking at music. Jarvis is holding the music in his hand.

Date Published

1945

1950

Clear selected
Sound recording executives and producers
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970

Types (Collection)

photographs (3)

Genres (Collection)

Black & white photographs (3)
Gelatin silver prints (3)
Group portraits (3)
Portrait photographs (3)
Snapshots (3)

Time Periods (Collection)

1941-1950 (3)

Subjects (Collection)

African American jazz musicians (2)
Jazz musicians (1)
Pianists (1)
(-) Sound recording executives and producers (3)

Subjects, Geographic (Collection)

Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People (Collection)

Dexter, Dave (2)
Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (1)
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
(-) Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (3)
(-) Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (3)