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Boogie Woogie Boys

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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

Clark Cookingham wearing cap and jacket holds dog

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Clark Cookingham wearing cap and dark jacket holds dog while standing in snow.

Date Published
1930
1939
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Cookingham sitting at table at ICMA convention Detroit

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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

Count Basie and his orchestra

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Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie playing piano while looking down and smiling. Basie is wearing a tuxedo.

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

Freda Draper in hat and scarf signed publicity photo

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Freda Draper in hat and scarf signed publicity photo.

Date Published
1935
1939
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

George and Hazel Cookingham besides a house

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

Kitty Kallen performing

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Kitty Kallen standing behind a microphone during a performance on stage, smiling with both arms up by her side. Kallen is wearing a white lace dress...

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

Lawrence Welk

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Lawrence Welk sitting and looking up while smiling. Welk is resting his head on his hand and is wearing a dark suit.

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

Mary Lou Williams

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Publicity photo of Mary Lou Williams looking to the side and smiling. Williams is wearing a shiny black dress.

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

Publicity photo of Jay McShann

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Publicity shot of Jay McShann wearing a striped suit and tie; body turned to the left and leaning forward with head turned to face the camera; smiling...

Date Published
1935
1939
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Publicity photo of Jay McShann in a white jacket

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Publicity shot of Jay McShann wearing a white jacket with bow tie; standing turned slightly to the left of the photo with one hand in his pants'...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Publicity still of Louis Armstrong in "Swingin' the dream"

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Publicity still of Louis Armstrong grinning while wearing fireman hat and uniform coat with large buttons during production of "Swingin' the dream."

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

Ted Malone publicity photograph

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Ted Malone in a publicity photograph from his left side. He wears a striped suit jacket and a dark tie of a diamonds and dots pattern. His hands are...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Teddy Wilson

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Publicity photo of Teddy Wilson sitting and playing piano while looking forward and smiling. Wilson is wearing a black suit and striped tie.

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

Teddy Wilson

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Angled publicity photo of pianist Teddy Wilson looking up and smiling. Wilson is wearing a black suit and striped tie.

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

Walt Bodine inside the cockpit of an airplane

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Walt Bodine inside the cockpit of an airplane possibly during WWII. Bodine looks over his shoulder and smiles at the camera. Two pilots are seen in...

Date Published
1939
1945
Member of
Walt Bodine Collection

Woman standing on the porch of Edgar Allan Poe's cottage

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An unidentified white woman wearing glasses, a bead necklace, and a corsage stands on the porch of Poe Cottage holding what is likely a book of the...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Ted Malone Collection
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  • 1939
  • Portrait photographs

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (12)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Ted Malone Collection (2)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Portraits (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (21)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (21)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1921-1930 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Pianists (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American jazz singers (1)
  • Airplanes--Cockpits (1)
  • Armed Forces (1)
  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Children (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Congresses and conventions (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Jazz vocal groups (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Opera (1)
  • Pets (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Pease, Sharon (2)
  • Spanier, Muggsy, 1906-1967 (2)
  • Teagarden, Jack, 1905-1964 (2)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (1)
  • Cookingham, Clark G. (1)
  • Cookingham, George G., 1894-1966 (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookingham, Hazel (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Draper, Freda (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Kallen, Kitty (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (1)
  • Smith, Harold D., 1898-1947 (1)
  • Welk, Lawrence, 1903-1992 (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (2)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • (-) 1939 (21)

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