Warren Durrett Collection

Blurry image of a dance hall, with the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing on a platform stage with a curtain behind them, and large glass windows along the wall.

Blurry photograph, presumably of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. There are splotches and splashes of color and light, and to the left what appears to be the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing on a...

Group of unidentified white women at and around a picnic table in a park, in front of tennis courts. There are six women seated at the picnic table (four on the left, two on the right), two women...

Man in a button up sweater over a shirt, standing among a group of children: eight are standing around him, and one is seated to the left. There is another seated back to the right, and other people...

Young boy sitting and smiling towards the camera, with one leg up, and an older gentleman crouched down at his side, hands on the boy's shoe, helping him either put it on or take it off. Another boy...

Nine young boys (one of whom is almost entirely obscured by a bag) and six older men in a sandwich shop. There are chairs, tables, a bulletin board, a clock, a door and a window (behind which is...

Headshot of an unidentified white man in Navy hat and uniform, smiling, looking off slightly towards the left, in front of a light studio backdrop.

Construction site full of grass and dirt with two boys in striped shirts standing apart from each other. There is a construction vehicle behind them, with trees and utility poles in the distance.

Man in a white suit jacket, a patterned shirt and bowtie, next to a man in a dark suit jacket and patterned bowtie with a cigarette in his hand, and a woman in a dress. They are seated at a long...

Man in a white suit jacket, a patterned shirt and bowtie, next to a man in a dark suit jacket and patterned bowtie with a cigarette in his hand, and a woman in a dress. They are seated at a long...

View from what appears to be a window (with a pane jutting through the field of view) overlooking an area of grass and a construction site of dirt. There is a small, leafless tree in the grass, two...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra (white men and women) in a tuxedo, blue shirt, and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo, blue shirt, and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra."...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett standing on a stage to the left of his orchestra in a tuxedo and bow tie, next to a keyboard and amplifier, with a sign on the keyboard reading "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Sitting in...

Warren Durrett conducting his band in a silver suit jacket and black pants. The band members (all white men) are playing behind podiums, wearing dark red jackets with black pants and bowties. Band...

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra seated on stage behind music stands, wearing maroon suit jackets with black pants and bowties. There is a trombonist in the center of the image, with a man next...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front on the right is a clarinetist, behind him to the left is a drummer, and behind him are a bassist and...

Bob Ousley playing clarinet in a maroon suit jacket, black pants, and a bowtie with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. There is another clarinetist to the left, a saxophonist to the right, three...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front on the right is an African American male clarinetist, behind him to the left is a white male drummer...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In the front is a man playing clarinet, obscuring the view of the members behind him. Saxophones are visible, as...

Warren Durrett Orchestra performing in maroon suit jackets, black pants, and bowties. In front of them to the right is a woman singing in a dress and with a flower in her hair. The band is seated in...