Warren Durrett Collection

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...

Unidentified white woman at a microphone in a recording studio, staring toward the camera, with a sheet of paper in her hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and an unidentified white...

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and two unidentified white men in a recording studio. The three women are looking at music on a music stand, and one of the men, in a suit and tie, is...

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...

Promotional postcard. On left, headshot of Julie Turner with text below: "Julie Turner, vocalist." On right, headshot of Warren Durrett with name below. Text between them reads "Distinctive Dinner or...

Promotional postcard. On left, headshot of Marilyn Maye with text below: "Marilyn Mayes [sic] - vocals." On right, headshot of Warren Durrett , holding a pipe, with name below. Text above them reads...

Promotional postcard. Photo from waist up of Warren Durrett and two unidentified white men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing a light-colored coat. Text below reads "The Four...

Priscilla Ann Feagans standing in a patterned dress, arms at her sides, next to Warren Durrett, smiling, with on hand holding onto Priscilla's left arm. They are standing on a dirt path in the middle...

Standing from left to right: Ray Stinson in overalls and a tie; Millie Mason in a light jacket and pants with a flower in her hair; Lois Laur with a flower in her hair; and Warren Durrett in a tie...

Headshot of Rose Marie Allen, face looking towards camera and resting on hands, which are overlapped and resting on a cloth on a seatback.

Headshot of Rose Marie Allen in a dark dress in front of a dark background, wearing earrings, a necklace, and a bracelet. Her hands are up towards her face, which looks pensive.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Upper body photo of two unidentified white men in suits and ties, one looking off-camera, behind two unidentified white women in hats and in coats with corsages, one woman also wearing multiple...