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Ben Webster and Benny Morton at the Famous Door

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including passing car and pedestrian...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster and Benny Morton at the Famous Door

Image

Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster and Benny Morton on 52nd Street

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City with the street, including pedestrian behind them.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, and another man on 52nd Street

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Ben Webster joking around with Eddie Barefield and an unidentified African American man holding a beer and cigarette outside the Famous Door on 52nd...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton outside the Famous Door

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Buck Clayton standing with an unidentified man under the awning of the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with his band

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Buck Clayton standing with members of his band at the Cotton Club in Culver City, California (left to right): (Kid Lips Hackett, Teddy Buckner, Arcima...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck, Ben, and Benny at the Famous Door

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Ben Webster speaking with Benny Morton and Buck Clayton under the awning of the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cast of "The Brush Creek Follies"

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All white cast of "The Brush Creek Follies." Group portrait of 33 individuals on stage with barn scene backdrop. Kit and Kay center front row in large...

Date Published
1938
1942
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Cast of "The Brush Creek Follies"

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All white cast of "The Brush Creek Follies." Group portrait of 24 individuals on stage with barn scene backdrop. Seven holding instruments including...

Date Published
1938
1942
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Children at lessons

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Children (all white girls and boys) of varying ages seated at desks in the hospital's classroom reading or doing other work. The white female teacher...

Date Published
1938
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

City Council Saginaw MICH - 1938

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City Council; George Boyd, Charles Wilson, L. Perry Cookingham, Chief Genske, Mayor McDonald, Shirley Corrigan, Jay Symms, Frank Marxer, Rollie...

Date Published
1938
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Close-up of Kit & Kay behind "KMBC" microphone

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Close-up of Kit & Kay behind KMBC microphone facing each other. Instrument straps visible over shoulders. Both wearing white Tom Mix cowboy hats and...

Date Published
1938
1942
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Colorado Pete with Kit & Kay

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Colorado Pete on stage with Kit & Kay. Pete standing between Kit and Kay behind microphone. Kit and Kay wearing dark tops and pants. One holding...

Date Published
1938
1942
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Derb's dancing group

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The Broomfield and Greely Revue at Frank Sebastian's New Cotton Club; Culver City, California. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Eddie Barefield at the Famous Door

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Eddie Barefield standing under the awning of the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Exterior Saginaw City Hall

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Ivy covered exterior of Saginaw City Hall, 1315 s. Washington Avenue, Saginaw, Mich.

Date Published
1938
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Frank Sebastians "New Cotton Club" Band

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Fats Waller, Frank Sebastian, and Les Hite with members of the Les Hite Band; Culver City, California. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Freddie Green

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Close up photograph of Freddie Green with head stock of guitar covering part of his face.

Date Published
1938
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Gathering outside the Famous Door and Club Nocturne

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Buck Clayton, Ben Webster, Eddie Barefield, and an unidentified man in suspenders standing outside the Famous Door on 52nd Street in New York City...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Herschel Evans and Freddie Green

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Herschel Evans holding a saxophone while leaning down to grab music on a stand. Freddie Green holds a guitar in the background while looking forward...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Horace Heidt

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Publicity photo for Horace Heidt and his orchestra featuring Heidt facing forward and smiling with his hands resting on his hips. Heidt is wearing a...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

HWC and "Cindy"

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Harriette cooking in umbrella print dress and high heels sitting on director's chair with her Scottish terrier Cindy and binoculars at Houghton Lake...

Date Published
1938
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

In front of Johnny's Tavern

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Buck Clayton standing with Eddie Barefield, Benny Morton and two unidentified musicians in front of an awning reading Johnny's Tavern.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

James and Jerry Xarhis

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James Xarhis (left) arm in arm with Jerry Xarhis (right) as the pose for a photo in a backyard. The backs of three houses can be seen in a row behind...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Jay McShann and others at the Off Beat Club in Chicago

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Jay McShann, Honey Boy Williams, unidentified African American man, Jonah Jones, and Gene Ramey seated around a table at the Off Beat Club, 222 North...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (17)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (8)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (7)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • (-) photographs (46)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (46)
  • Gelatin silver prints (46)
  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (21)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Cityscape photographs (9)
  • Reproductions (8)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Architectural photographs (2)
  • Views (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (29)
  • 1941-1950 (8)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (17)
  • African American men (12)
  • Country musicians (8)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Musical groups (8)
  • Musicians (8)
  • Radio programs, Musical (8)
  • Streets (8)
  • Awnings (5)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (5)
  • African American women (4)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Band leaders (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Pedestrians (3)
  • Auditoriums (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • City managers (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Homes (2)
  • Marquees (2)
  • Motion picture theaters (2)
  • Pets (2)
  • Scottish terrier (2)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Vacations (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American jazz singers (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Blackface entertainers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brothers (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Classrooms (1)
  • Classrooms--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Jewelry (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Municipal buildings (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Porches (1)
  • Radio stations--Employees (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Students (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Teachers (1)
  • Twins (1)
  • Women (1)
  • Women composers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Culver City (Calif.) (3)
  • New York (N.Y.) (3)
  • Houghton Lake (Mich.) (2)
  • Mackinac Island (Mich.) (1)
  • Saginaw (Mich.) (1)
  • Saginaw Charter Township (Mich.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (8)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (7)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (6)
  • Morton, Benny (6)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (4)
  • Colorado Pete, 1909-1969 (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Bradna, Olympe, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Carlisle, Mary, 1912- (2)
  • Evans, Herschel (2)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (2)
  • Milland, Ray (2)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (2)
  • Weems, Ted (2)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Bucker, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Detzer, Karl, 1891-1987 (1)
  • Edwards, Eddie (Radio performer) (1)
  • Heidt, Horace, 1901-1986 (1)
  • Hite, Les, 1903-1962 (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • McDonald, Francis J. (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Meyers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Roberts, Caughey (1)
  • Sebastian, Frank (1)
  • Smith, Erle, 1890-1966 (1)
  • Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987 (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Williams, Honey Boy (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Winsell, Jewell (1)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (1)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (1)

Date Published

  • 1942 (8)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • (-) 1938 (46)

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