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Abe Lyman

Image

Headshot of Abe Lyman looking to the side and smiling. Lyman is wearing a white suit jacket and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ben Pollack

Image

Headshot of Ben Pollack looking to the side and smiling. Pollack is wearing a black suit jacket and patterned tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Meroff

Image

Headshot of Benny Meroff turning forward and looking to the side while smiling. Meroff is wearing a light colored suit and dark tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Meroff caricature

Image

Illustration of Benny Meroff conducting. Meroff is holding a conducting baton in one hand and pointing up with the other. The illustration is an...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Strong

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Strong looking to the side with a neutral expression. Strong is wearing a pinstripe suit and checkered tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong

Image

Headshot of Bob Strong looking to the side and smiling. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong and his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong resting a saxophone on one leg up on a chair. Strong is looking forward and smiling, wearing a patterned suit jacket.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong with his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong playing a saxophone while looking to the side. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Class photo

Image

A class photo of thirty two men and women, both African American and white, posed in three levels of sitting on the ground, seated in chairs, and then...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

Image

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Maxine Gray

Image

Dave Dexter speaking with Maxine Gray in Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. Dexter is holding a pencil and pad of paper and turned toward Gray...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dean Hudson

Image

Publicity photo for Dean Hudson (that is, Marion Brown) and his orchestra featuring headshot of Hudson looking to the side and smiling. He is wearing...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Doctor's scrubbing before surgery

Image

Three unidentified white male doctors in white pants, t-shirts, and wearing caps and mask gathered around a sink while scrubbing up before surgery.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Eddie Stone

Image

Headshot of Eddie Stone looking forward and smiling. Stone is wearing a tweed suit jacket and patterned bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Five unidentified men, one in military uniform

Image

Five unidentified white men, one in military uniform. The men stand in a row, each with their hands held in front. Each man looks at the camera...

Date Published
1940
1959
Member of
Walt Bodine Collection

Frankie Masters

Image

Publicity photo of Frankie Masters sitting and holding a conducting baton with both hands. Masters is looking to the side and smiling, wearing a...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Frankie Masters

Image

Headshot of Frankie Masters looking to the side and smiling. Masters is wearing a light colored tuxedo and black bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Freddy Martin conducting

Image

Publicity photo of Freddy Martin standing against a wall with arms stretching out in a conducting gesture. Martin is wearing a black tuxedo and white...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

George Hamilton Director of the Veloz-Yolanda Orchestra

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Publicity photo of George Hamilton, Director of the Veloz-Yolanda Orchestra, seated and facing forward while smiling. Hamilton is wearing a black...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Glen Gray

Image

Publicity photo of Glen Gray, leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra, turned to the side and facing forward while smiling. Gray is wearing a pinstripe suit...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra

Image

Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra performing on stage. The orchestra is arranged in a semi-circle on stage with ruffled curtains behind them and...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Hallmark employees registered to vote

Image

Unidentified white man holding poster of Hallmark Citizenship chart stands next to Joyce Hall who is shaking L. Perry Cookingham's hand.

Date Published
1940
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Head shot of Edward Eggleston

Image

A head shot of Edward Eggleston looking slightly to the left wearing a bow tie, likely a wool suit jacket with a vest, and an dark overcoat.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Helen, James, Jerry, and Frank Xarhis

Image

Left to right are Helen Xarhis, her brothers, James Xarhis and Jerry Xarhis, and their grandfather, Frank Xarhis, seated on slanted wooden doorway at...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Henry Busse

Image

Headshot of Henry Busse turned to the side, facing forward, and smiling. Busse is wearing a white jacket and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (28)
  • Ted Malone Collection (12)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (5)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (3)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (1)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (56)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (56)
  • Gelatin silver prints (56)
  • Portrait photographs (38)
  • Publicity photographs (32)
  • Group portraits (20)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (54)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (25)
  • Jazz musicians, White (24)
  • Conductors (Music) (12)
  • Radio personalities (10)
  • Women, White (9)
  • African American men (8)
  • Band leaders (7)
  • Saxophonists (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Neckties (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Children, White (4)
  • Composers (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Physicians (3)
  • African American children (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Boards of directors (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Businessmen (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Clarinetists (2)
  • Coats (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Hospital administrators (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Nurses (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Authors, American (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • Cable structures (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fraternal organizations (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Grandfathers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Memorials in art (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Pipe smoking (1)
  • Presidents--Inauguration (1)
  • Rocking horses (1)
  • Roofs (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Sun-baths (1)
  • Surgeons (1)
  • Surgical scrub (1)
  • Suspension bridges (1)
  • Swimming (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Twins (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Voter registration (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Young men (1)
  • (-) Men, White (57)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Frederick (Md.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (1)
  • Vevay (Ind.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (10)
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (3)
  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (3)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (2)
  • Masters, Frankie (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Bernadin, Frank (1)
  • Busse, Henry, 1894-1955 (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Davis, Wild Bill, 1918-1995 (1)
  • Denis, Michel (Drummer) (1)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Doriz, Dany (1)
  • Dunbar, Helen, 1868-1933 (1)
  • Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 (1)
  • Gordon, George (Administrator) (1)
  • Gray, Maxine (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Hall, Joyce C., 1891-1982 (1)
  • Hamilton, Spike, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Hudson, Dean, 1913-1991 (1)
  • King, Henry (Conductor) (1)
  • King, Wayne, 1901-1985 (1)
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (1)
  • Lyman, Abe, 1897-1957 (1)
  • Manone, Wingy (1)
  • Mares, Paul, 1900-1949 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Pollack, Ben (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Starr, John Wilbur, 1905-2000 (1)
  • Stone, Eddie (Singer) (1)
  • Strong, Benny, 1911- (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • Xarhis, Frank (1)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (1)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (27)
  • 1931 (25)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1937 (1)
  • (-) 1940 (57)

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