Warren Durrett Collection

Upper-body photo of Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, both smiling, standing on the street in suits. Walker's eyes are closed, and Durrett has a pipe in his mouth. They are standing next to buildings...

Bill Walker and Warren Durrett, standing on the street in suits. Walker has both hands in his pockets, Durrett has one hand in his pocket and the other holding a folded paper. There are buildings...

Billie Rockman in a heavy coat over a dress, smiling and embracing Rex Cowan in a long, heavy coat and pinstriped pants. They are standing in the grass next to a sidewalk and a chain link fence, with...

Blurry photo of an outdoor event. Musicians are on the left (double bass is visible, along with what appears to be a trumpet), and a shirtless African American man on the right with something on his...

Two images. Left: Unidentified white man lying in the grass in a suit, one elbow propping him up, other hand with a cigarette, cradling the side of his face. Two other people are sitting in the grass...

Two images. Left; smiling unidentified white woman with wind-blown hair in a coat and a scarf standing in front of a building. Right; Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified...

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a suit with her hands behind her back, standing by the side of a house. Right: Warren Durrett standing, arms crossed, in a long coat, with a pipe...

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified white man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and hand inside jacket breast, à la Napoleon. They are...

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a suit, one hand in his jacket pocket, standing in front of an automobile, which is in front of flowers and trees. Right: unidentified white man in a...

Two images. Left: Unidentified white woman wearing a coat like a shawl over a patterned dress, in a park. There is a hand in front of her holding something. Other people (white) are seated in the...

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt, leaning back on an automobile, in front of trees. Right: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to an...

Two images. Left: Unidentified smiling white woman in a jacket with her hair braided on top in the grass in front of a stone building. Right: Unidentified smiling white man in a long white shirt, with...

Two of the same image: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to the passenger's side door of an automobile, hand on the door. The vehicle is parked on the street in front of a group of buildings...

Family (all white) seated in rows on the front steps of a brick house. There is one woman in the back row, and in the middle: a woman with a hand on her knee; a young girl holding a black dog on her...

The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. They are comprised of an unidentified white man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and another unidentified white man holding a trumpet...

High angle photo of the deck of a ship. In the front, there are three empty folding chairs, one very short, and to the right of them is a white man seated in a fourth chair. There is another row of...

Group of unidentified smiling white people, from left to right: woman in short sleeve shirt and long skirt holding something (cigarette?) in her hands; older gentleman in suit and tie; woman in shirt...

Group of six unidentified white people, left to right: woman in a dark outfit, holding something in her hands; man in a light suit and tie; another man in a light suit and tie wearing glasses; woman...

Jack Singer, smiling, holding the hand of Joyce Singer, at a party. Bottles of Old Taylor bourbon and glass decanters are on a table in front of them, furniture visible in the room behind them.

Jean Michaels in a button up coat and long pants, with a flower in her hair, seated next to Warren Durrett, in a jacket, long pants, and tie, with one arm on his knee and the other around Jean. They...

Low-angle snapshot of John Pope, wearing a trench coat, stepping and swinging a baseball bat, with a fence behind him.

Joy Scott in an unbuttoned coat and a long skirt standing with Warren Durrett in a suit on a sidewalk. The are in front of buildings with glass fronts and short awnings, and there is a speaker above...

Unidentified white woman in a suit with a bag under her arm, Kathryn Brown, another unidentified white woman in a suit, and an unidentified white man standing next to an automobile by the road. Trees...

KMBC's scriptwriter (white man), wearing a short tie, with a cigarette in one hand, standing in front of a doorway. There is a cabinet full of dishes on the wall, and a light and a vase of flowers...

Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at the piano behind her, and the band is performing in...