Warren Durrett Collection

Saxophone players from the Warren Durrett Orchestra seated in a recording studio with their instruments in metal folding chairs. Two in glasses are facing towards the camera, while two others (one...

Circular traffic sign that reads: "School Stop / Speed Limit 15 Miles Past School." It is in front of the street, with a building visible to the back left, and trees to the back right.

Six people seated in chairs (one to the left, five to the right) behind a railing on a ship, one person holding a newspaper. Beyond the railing is the ship's funnel, emitting a dark cloud of smoke.

Unidentified white man laughing, shirtless, wearing pants and a belt, lying on an intricately patterned blanket. The blanket is on the grass, with some rocks at the top of the image. Another...

Side of a ship, with three portholes, and what appears to be a lifeboat on the deck.

View of a ship's hull, at a dock. There is a Baldt anchor and "MILWAUKE[E]" on the side. A man is standing in the bottom right of the image, turned away from the ship.

Low-angle shot of an unidentified white woman singer and an unidentified white man with his arm around her waist, both singing into a microphone in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra. The band (all...

Unidentified white man standing on stage singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett Orchestra. At the far end of the stage, an unidentified white woman and two white men are also...

Warren Durrett performing at the piano with his orchestra, with an unidentified white man in a suit and an unidentified white woman in a polka-dot dress singing at a microphone at the front of a stage...

Photo taken from above of a small group of people (white men and women) swimming in the water.

Small home nestled among the trees, with front door open, an automobile in front, and another home in the background.

Unidentified white woman in a two-piece bathing suit, smiling, with one arm behind her head and the other by her side, next to the water and a small boat. There is a stone wall separating water from...

Upper body photo of an unidentified smiling white woman with shoulder-length hair in a jacket and a hat with a netted veil, standing in front of a house.

Slightly blurry photo of an unidentified white woman with shoulder length hair and glasses, wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts, standing on a dirt path in front of grass, bushes, and trees.

Unidentified smiling white woman seated in a chair on a ship. She is wearing sunglasses, a heavy jacket, and a long scarf tied around her neck that also covers part of her head. There are two chairs...

Unidentified little white boy wearing overalls, a striped shirt, and a large, silly hat.

Unidentified white man kneeling in the grass with a pipe in his mouth, wearing a large and silly hat. There are trees and other foliage in the background.

Studio photograph of an unidentified white woman and man, exposed from torso up, white elsewhere. The woman is wearing a dress with a flower, and the man is wearing a suit and tie. They are both...

Dorothy Morris looking stern, in a coat, backlit from above left, in front of a dark studio backdrop.

Izedore Crose, smiling, head cocked slightly, with long curly hair, in front of a grey studio backdrop.

Millie Mason in a gingham patterned button up shirt, with a matching bow in hair, smiling and looking off to the right in front of a white backdrop.

Nell Weesner, smiling, with curly hair, in dark clothing with a brooch in front of a light backdrop.

Ruth Anne Gay in a dress with shoulder length wavy hair, face cocked to the right, in front of a photo studio backdrop.

Ruth Anne Gay in a dress with shoulder length wavy hair, face cocked to the left, smiling, in front of a photo studio backdrop.

Unidentified white woman standing and smiling in a dress with a translucent covering, in front of a white backdrop.