Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress, wearing earrings and a necklace. A blurry diamond pattern is visible behind her.

Side portrait of unidentified white woman in dress, head turned and smiling towards the camera. Her hands are extended forward, resting on some sort of cloth-covered pillar or chair.

Headshot of unidentified smiling white woman wearing a jacket, along with earrings and a necklace.

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a sweater, smiling and looking off to the left.

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...

Jean Michaels in a button up coat and long pants, with a flower in her hair, sitting on the wheel well of an automobile, with her hands on a leather purse in her lap. The car is parked at Swope Park...

Headshot of Jo Ann Tally with flower in her hair. Printed text below left reads: "JO ANN TALLY Featured with BOB STRONG and his Orchestra." Below right is MCA logo.

Full-body portrait of Jo Ann Tally in a dress, arms behind her back, looking off to the right. Printed text below left reads: "JO ANN TALLY Featured with BOB STRONG and his Orchestra." Below right is...

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...

Headshot of Judy Lane, seated, in a sleeveless dress and long gloves. Text below reads "Judy Lane with Danny Hale Quartet."

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...

Unidentified white woman standing with a hand on her hip, laughing, wearing a large hat. She is standing in front of some bushes, with a house visible in the background.

Headshot of Laura Webb, printed text below reads "Laura Webb, featured with Warren Durrett and his orchestra."

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...

A white man [Warren Durrett's father?] in a shirt with a bowling ball and bowling pins, looking at a white woman wearing glasses and a necklace, who is looking off to the left. They are standing...

Upper body photo of an unidentified white man in a hat and an unidentified white woman, both in coats, standing outside. There are bare trees and houses behind them, and the exposure of the photo is...

Unidentified white man in sunglasses with his hands around an unidentified white woman in a striped shirt, both smiling and laughing. Photo is a little blurry, and the road, utility poles, a billboard...

Upper body photo of an unidentified white man smiling and looking at an unidentified white woman, with his arm around her. She is wearing a sweater over a plaid shirt and smiling back at him. A...

Unidentified white man in sunglasses with his elbow on the passenger's side windowsill of an automobile. There is an unidentified white woman in the driver's seat, and someone else's hands visible in...

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra, two white men and a white woman, deplaning a Trans World Airlines plane at night. There is a short ramp on wheels parked in front of the door, and three...

Older white woman in a polka dot shirt and a long, plain skirt, seated in a chair on a front porch in front of a brick house. There is a door to the left and a window to the right.

Partygoers at Sylvia Singer's house, people seated in chairs and on a couch, around a table with bottles and glasses. A door, windows with curtains, and a lamp are behind them. KMBC scriptwriter in...

A number of passengers (all white) on the deck of a ship. In the bottom left of the image, there is a woman turned toward the right, and a man turned to the right behind her. Just to the right are two...

Pauline Chamberlain in a patterned dress next to Warren Durrett in a short sleeve button up shirt and long pants, who is leaning back with one leg up on a rock on the beach shore. Lake Erie is seen...