Warren Durrett Collection

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.

Unidentified white man in a sailor uniform, with hands on hips (holding a hat in his right hand), standing in the grass next to flowers, with trees in the background. Writing in blue pen in the border...

Unidentified white man playing tenor saxophone with the Warren Durrett orchestra, standing and playing in front of two microphones. Warren Durrett seated behind him at the piano with his back to the...

An unidentified white male tenor saxophone player for the Warren Durrett Orchestra performing at a music stand in front of a microphone, for the 1946 University of Kansas City Convocation. A clarinet...

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.

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...

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.