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"Pee Wee" Hunt and Kenny Sargent

Image

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

"Stuff" Smith

Image

Publicity photo of "Stuff" Smith holding a violin under one arm and looking forward while smiling. Smith is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

"Wingy" Manone and Nappy Lamare

Image

Nappy Lamare playing guitar and "Wingy" Manone playing trumpet in a studio with microphones in the background and foreground. Lamare is looking back...

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

"Wingy" Manone's Band

Image

A group photo of "Wingy" Manone's Band in a recording studio. Seated (left to right) are Nappy Lamare, "Wingy" Manone, and Matty Matlock. Standing...

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

1940 Chevy Sudan

Image

1940 Chevy Sedan parked at unknown location.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Lucile Bluford Collection

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

Advertising print for Chuck Conrad's Truetones

Image

Advertising photo print for Chuck Conrad's Truetones. Band members are playing drums, saxophone, bass, and piano in front of a dark curtain. Bottom of...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Mclean Family Collection

Anson Weeks

Image

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

Arthur B. Church with two unidentified men and one unidentified woman

Image

Arthur B. Church with one unidentified woman and two unidentified men. Church and one man facing each other while holding white, round cake. Woman and...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio 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

Birthplace of Edward Eggleston

Image

The side, front, and back of the two-story house which was the birthplace of Edward Eggleston in Vevay, Indiana. Stamped on the photograph in the...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Ted Malone 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

Bobby Hackett

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Bobby Hackett playing trumpet. Hackett is wearing a suit and tie. A photo caption reads: Glen Gray and the Casa Loma...

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

Bobby Hackett

Image

Headshot of Bobby Hackett looking to the side with a neutral expression while a holding trumpet. Hackett is wearing a tuxedo and bowtie. The photo...

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

Boyce Brown playing saxophone

Image

Boyce Brown looking down while seated and playing saxophone during a performance or rehearsal. Brown is wearing a dark jacket, vest, and tie. An...

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

Cab Calloway

Image

Close-up headshot of Cab Calloway.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Cab Calloway smiling

Image

Headshot of Cab Calloway smiling with a wide, open mouth and looking up.

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

Candy girls Loretta Bruce and Lillian Peterson

Image

Candy girls Loretta Bruce and Lillian Peterson at an unknown theater.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Charles "Cootie" Williams

Image

Charles "Cootie" Williams photographed from the side playing trumpet in front of an unidentified musician. Williams is holding a mute in the trumpet...

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

Charlie McCarthy

Image

Charlie McCarthy (ventriloquist dummy) standing in a doorway, holding a cane in one hand.

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (145)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (38)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (32)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (28)
  • Ted Malone Collection (19)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (6)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (4)
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  • Don Tiff Collection (2)
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  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (1)
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Types

  • photographs (283)
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Genres

  • Black & white photographs (285)
  • Gelatin silver prints (285)
  • Portrait photographs (204)
  • Publicity photographs (120)
  • Snapshots (102)
  • Group portraits (88)
  • Architectural photographs (9)
  • Drawings (3)
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  • Caricatures (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • Photomechanical prints (1)
  • Portraits (1)
  • Promotional photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (11)
  • 1921-1930 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • (-) 1931-1940 (293)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (74)
  • African American jazz musicians (56)
  • Men, White (54)
  • African American men (41)
  • Women, White (29)
  • Conductors (Music) (24)
  • Pianists (23)
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  • African American women (20)
  • Children, White (18)
  • Saxophonists (18)
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  • Radio personalities (10)
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  • Furniture (9)
  • Women jazz singers (9)
  • Hospital buildings (8)
  • Band leaders (7)
  • Composers (7)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (7)
  • Actresses (6)
  • Clarinetists (6)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Male singers (6)
  • Actors (5)
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  • Nursing students (5)
  • Snow (5)
  • Violinists (5)
  • African American children (4)
  • Cats (4)
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  • Hospital beds (4)
  • Pets (4)
  • Physicians (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • Toddlers (4)
  • Trees (4)
  • Women singers (4)
  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Businessmen (3)
  • Coats (3)
  • Dinners and dining (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Hospital administrators (3)
  • Hospitals (3)
  • Living rooms (3)
  • Municipal government (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Signs and signboards (3)
  • Trombonists (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (2)
  • Bandages and bandaging (2)
  • Beaches (2)
  • Boards of directors (2)
  • Brothers and sisters (2)
  • Classrooms (2)
  • Dance orchestras (2)
  • Dining rooms (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
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  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Infants (2)
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  • Publishers and publishing (2)
  • Roofs (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Streets (2)
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  • Theaters (2)
  • Toys (2)
  • Tricycles (2)
  • Women figure skaters (2)
  • Women jazz musicians (2)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (1)
  • African American band directors (1)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American singers (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • African American women composers (1)
  • Air pilots (1)
  • Antique and classic cars (1)
  • Aquariums (1)
  • Armed Forces--Headquarters (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Authors (1)
  • Authors, American (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Battlefields (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Cable structures (1)
  • Candy (1)
  • Carports (1)
  • Carriages and carts (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children's costumes (1)
  • Children's furniture (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Christmas trees (1)
  • Classrooms--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Cleft palate (1)
  • Cleft palate children (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Climbing plants (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (1)
  • Dollhouses (1)
  • Drinking cups (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Fathers (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Founding Fathers of the United States (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Grandfathers (1)
  • Handicraft (1)
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  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Household linens--Storage (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
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  • Log cabins (1)
  • McCarthy, Charlie (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Memorials in art (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Military hospitals, American (1)
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  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
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  • Older women (1)
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  • Presidents--Inauguration (1)
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  • Rocking horses (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Science--Study and teaching (1)
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  • Street photography (1)
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  • Sun-baths (1)
  • Surgeons (1)
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  • Swimming (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
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  • Teacups (1)
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  • Trolley buses--Wires and wiring (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trucks (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Twins (1)
  • Ventriloquism (1)
  • Ventriloquists' dummies (1)
  • Voter registration (1)
  • Wagons (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • Writing materials and instruments (1)
  • Young men (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (16)
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  • Independence (Kan.) (4)
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  • 11th Street (1)
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  • Cassville (Mo.) (1)
  • Concord (Mass.) (1)
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield (Tenn.) (1)
  • Frederick (Md.) (1)
  • Grand Avenue (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Kirksville (Mo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)
  • Skaneateles (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (10)
  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (9)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (8)
  • Dexter, Dave (6)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (5)
  • Christiansen, Helen (4)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (4)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (3)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (3)
  • King, Wayne, 1901-1985 (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Spanier, Muggsy, 1906-1967 (3)
  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (3)
  • Tompkins, Eddie (3)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (2)
  • Boswell, Connie, 1907-1976 (2)
  • Bowles, Russell, 1907-1991 (2)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (2)
  • Carter, Benny (2)
  • Crumbley, Elmer, 1908- (2)
  • Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 (2)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (2)
  • Hackett, Bobby (2)
  • Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (2)
  • Henderson, Horace (2)
  • Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969 (2)
  • Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (2)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Manone, Wingy (2)
  • Masters, Frankie (2)
  • Meroff, Benny, 1901-1973 (2)
  • Millinder, Lucky (2)
  • Norris, Al (2)
  • Oliver, Sy (2)
  • Osborn, Martha (2)
  • Ramey, Gene (2)
  • Reichman, Joe, 1898-1970 (2)
  • Sargent, Kenny (2)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (2)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (2)
  • Ward, Helen, 1916-1998 (2)
  • Warren, Earle (2)
  • Webster, Paul, 1909-1966 (2)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (2)
  • Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 (1)
  • Allen, Moses, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Anderson, Ivie (1)
  • Backstrom, Lathrop (1)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Bee, Clarence (1)
  • Belasco, Leon, 1902-1988 (1)
  • Beneke, Tex (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Bernadin, Frank (1)
  • Bregmans, Jack (1)
  • Brown, Boyce, 1910-1959 (1)
  • Brown, Les, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Bruce, Loretta (1)
  • Brunis, George, 1900-1974 (1)
  • Bryant, Marie (1)
  • Buckner, Ted, 1913-1976 (1)
  • Bull, Frank (1)
  • Burke, Sammy (1)
  • Busse, Henry, 1894-1955 (1)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (1)
  • Callender, Red (1)
  • Carmen, Arthur (1)
  • Carney, Harry (1)
  • Carrillo, Leo (1)
  • Carruthers, Earl (1)
  • Chamberlin, Clarence D. (Clarence Duncan), 1893-1976 (1)
  • Church, Arthur B. (Arthur Burdette), 1896-1978 (1)
  • Coleman, Joe (Musician) (1)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Courtney, Alan (1)
  • Crawford, Jimmy (1)
  • Davis, Marguerite (of Independence, Kan.) (1)
  • De Lange, Eddie (1)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Dunbar, Helen, 1868-1933 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Elman, Ziggy (1)
  • Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994 (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Gabler, Milt, 1911-2001 (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Garris, John, 1911-1949 (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gordon, George (Administrator) (1)
  • Gottlieb, William P. (1)
  • Gould, Bud (1)
  • Gray, Maxine (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hall, Joyce C., 1891-1982 (1)
  • Hamilton, Spike, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (1)
  • Harrison, Jimmy, 1900-1931 (1)
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (1)
  • Hendricks, Ray (1)
  • Heywoood, Eddie, 1915-1989 (1)
  • Howard, Eugene (1)
  • Howard, Willie, 1886-1949 (1)
  • Hudson, Dean, 1913-1991 (1)
  • Hudson, Will (1)
  • Hunt, Pee Wee (1)
  • Hutton, Marion (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Johnson, Pete, 1904-1967 (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • King, Henry (Conductor) (1)
  • Kirby, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Langford, Frances (1)
  • Leff, Mark (1)
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Lyman, Abe, 1897-1957 (1)
  • Lynch, Theodora (1)
  • Mabane, Bob (1)
  • Madison, James, 1751-1836 (1)
  • Manning, Helen (1)
  • Mares, Paul, 1900-1949 (1)
  • Marlow, Mary (Singer) (1)
  • Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Maxey, Virginia (1)
  • McLean, Martha (1)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (1)
  • Merman, Ethel (1)
  • Miller, Charlotte (1)
  • Mills, Solomon (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941 (1)
  • Morgan, Russ, 1904-1969 (1)
  • Morros, Richard B. (1)
  • Morton, Alfred H. (1)
  • Nelson, Skip (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1895-1944 (1)
  • O'Connell, Helen (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Peete, Virginia (1)
  • Peterson, Lillian (1)
  • Pollack, Ben (1)
  • Redman, Don (1)
  • René, Leon, 1902-1982 (1)
  • René, Otis, 1898-1970 (1)
  • Savitt, Jan (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Shroff, Dale (1)
  • Sidney, Margaret, 1844-1924 (1)
  • Simms, Ginny (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995 (1)
  • Starr, John Wilbur, 1905-2000 (1)
  • Stearns, Robert L. (Robert Lawrence), 1892- (1)
  • Stone, Eddie (Singer) (1)
  • Strong, Benny, 1911- (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Terrell, Pha, 1910-1945 (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Tompkins, Tommy Red (1)
  • Tough, Dave (1)
  • Trumbauer, Frank (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Wachsteter, George, 1911-2004 (1)
  • Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 (1)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (1)
  • Weaver, Margaret (1)
  • Weeks, Anson, 1896-1969 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Wiley, Lee (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Williams, Cootie (1)
  • Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Wilson, Dick (1)
  • Wilson, Gerald, 1918-2014 (1)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)
  • Xarhis, Frank (1)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (1)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (1)
  • Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951 (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Date Published

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  • 1938 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • (-) 1940 (293)

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