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"Pee Wee" Hunt and Kenny Sargent

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Casa Loma Orchestra band leaders "Pee Wee" Hunt and Kenny Sargent wearing dark suits and smiling. Hunt is standing on the left wearing glasses and...

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

Anson Weeks

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Publicity photo of Anson Weeks from the side. Weeks is standing with one leg raised and leaning forward while resting one hand on his knee. Weeks is...

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

Benny Meroff

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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

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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

Fletcher Henderson playing piano

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Fletcher Henderson photographed from the side playing piano while looking up and smiling. A group of unidentified musicians stand in the background.

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

Fletcher Henderson playing piano

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A side photograph of Fletcher Henderson looking down while playing the piano. Henderson is wearing a light colored suit and black tie.

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

Frankie Masters

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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

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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

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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

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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

Henry Busse

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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

Hoagy Carmichael playing piano

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Photograph from behind of Hoagy Carmichael playing piano with his head turned to the side.

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

Jan Garber "Idol of the Air Lanes" and his orchestra

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Publicity photo from the side of Jan Garber playing violin. Garber is wearing a tuxedo.

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

Jimmy Noone playing clarinet

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Jimmy Noone playing clarinet with unidentified musicians in the background. Noone is holding the clarinet up to a CBS microphone and wearing a...

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

Joe Reichman

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Publicity photo of Joe Reichman standing at a piano with one hand resting on it. Reichman is looking forward and smiling, wearing a dark suit jacket...

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

Joe Reichman

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Publicity photo of Joe Reichman conducting behind a piano. Reichman is looking forward and smiling with both hands in the air, wearing a black tuxedo...

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

Paul Whiteman

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Headshot of Paul Whiteman looking up and smiling. Whiteman is wearing a dark colored suit and patterned tie.

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

Publicity photo of Benny Carter

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Headshot of Benny Carter leaning forward and looking to the side. Carter is wearing a tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Publicity photo of Billy Butterfield

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Headshot of Billy Butterfield turned slightly to the side and looking up. Butterfeild is wearing a tweed jacket and bowtie.

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

Publicity photo of Hoagy Carmichael

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Angled headshot of Hoagy Carmichael looking forward and wearing a pinstripe suit.

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

Publicity photo of Hoagy Carmichael

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Headshot of Hoagy Carmichael in a 3/4 turn facing camera. Carmichael is wearing a pinstripe suit.

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

Russ Morgan

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Russ Morgan standing in front of an NBC microphone, turning to the side and looking forward with a neutral expression. Morgan is holding a conducting...

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

Tex Beneke and his orchestra

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Headshot of Tex Beneke looking slightly away from camera, smiling and wearing a dark suit and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1940
  • Conductors (Music)

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (24)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (23)
  • Gelatin silver prints (23)
  • Portrait photographs (23)
  • Publicity photographs (21)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (24)

Subjects

  • Men, White (12)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Composers (6)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • (-) Conductors (Music) (24)

Subjects, People

  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (3)
  • Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (2)
  • Masters, Frankie (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Reichman, Joe, 1898-1970 (2)
  • Beneke, Tex (1)
  • Busse, Henry, 1894-1955 (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Hamilton, Spike, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Hunt, Pee Wee (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Morgan, Russ, 1904-1969 (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1895-1944 (1)
  • Sargent, Kenny (1)
  • Weeks, Anson, 1896-1969 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (23)
  • (-) 1940 (24)

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