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Boogie Woogie Boys

Image

Publicity photo of the Boogie-Woogie Boys featuring Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Joe Turner, and Albert Ammons. All four are smiling, wearing...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Boy Scout troop camping in the snow

Image

A troop of white teenaged Boy Scouts stand in the snow in a line beside four canvas tents while their leader faces them. An unidentified two-story...

Date Published
1939
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Cookingham sitting at table at ICMA convention Detroit

Image

Harriette W. Cookingham, L. Perry Cookingham, and Harold D. Smith sit at table talking at Detroit Convention of International City/County Management...

Date Published
1939
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Diners smile at the photographer

Image

An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Ed Flynn, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter

Image

Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Framed photograph of leisure time on a prairie

Image

Framed photograph of a prairie with a few people (white) in Victorian clothing enjoying leisure time on a prairie looking northeast from Arrowhead in...

Date Published
1939
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

George and Hazel Cookingham besides a house

Image

George and Hazel Cookingham in formal dress stand besides a house.

Date Published
1921
1939
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Glen Gray with his Casa Loma Orchestra

Image

Glen Gray standing in the back row, fourth from right, with fifteen musicians from the Casa Loma Orchestra. The musicians are seated and standing in...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Group gathered around John Wright, Josephine Wright, and Mary Virginia Jacobs

Image

John Wright (seated far left), with a small African American boy on his lap, Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle) between two African American girls...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Group of women and children seated around Josephine Wright and Mary Virginia Jacobs

Image

A group of African American women and children sit on a striped couch. Mary Virginia Jacobs (seated middle), and Josephine Wright (seated far right)...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier

Image

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois. Dexter is...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier

Image

Jack Teagarden, Sharon Pease, Dave Dexter, and Muggsy Spanier standing left to right at the graveside of Clarence "Pinetop" Smith in Chicago, Illinois...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jay McShann Band

Image

Jay McShann Band posing for a group photo in the Century Room located in Kansas City, Missouri. Members shown are (left to right) Gus Johnson, McShann...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

L. Perry and Harriette W. Cookingham stand on steps to front porch of house unidentified people

Image

L. Perry and Harriette W. Cookingham stand on steps to front porch of house with unidentified white men and women all in formal clothes.

Date Published
1924
1939
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Man and woman seated at a table

Image

Darnella, and an African American man [possibly Kansas City jazz pianist Bob Wilson?] are seated at a table with a tablecloth, two beverages for each...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Western Seminary Chorus

Image

Group photograph of an African American co-ed chorus under the direction of Mrs. D.A. Holmes standing in rows on the steps if the Western Baptist...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
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  • 1939
  • Group portraits

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (6)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (5)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (3)
  • Ted Malone Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • (-) Group portraits (16)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (16)
  • 1941-1950 (6)
  • 1921-1930 (2)

Subjects

  • African American men (5)
  • African American women (5)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Dwellings (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • African American children (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Backyard camping (1)
  • Boy Scouts (1)
  • Camping (1)
  • Camp sites, facilities, etc. (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Choral conductors (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Colocasia (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Congresses and conventions (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Jazz vocal groups (1)
  • Leisure (1)
  • Prairies (1)
  • Snow camping (1)
  • Teenagers (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Triangle (Musical instrument) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (2)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (2)
  • Jacobs, Mary Virginia (2)
  • Pease, Sharon (2)
  • Spanier, Muggsy, 1906-1967 (2)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (2)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (2)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cookingham, George G., 1894-1966 (1)
  • Cookingham, Hazel (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Smith, Harold D., 1898-1947 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (5)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • (-) 1939 (16)

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