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Former hospital patient holding a man's hand

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White boy toddler holding hands with unidentified white man, likely his father or grandfather. The boy is a former Children's Mercy Hospital patient...

Date Published
November-01-1940
November-30-1940
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Gus Johnson playing drums

Image

Gus Johnson playing drums during a recording date for radio station KFBI in Wichita, Kansas; fireplace screen is seen behind him and a bottle of soda...

Date Published
November-30-1940
December-02-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with a band

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Jay McShann playing piano with a band (Orville Minor, Bob Mabane, Gus Johnson, Bernard Anderson, Charlie Parker, Gene Ramey); recording for radio...

Date Published
November-30-1940
December-02-1940
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
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  • 1940-11-30
  • Black & white photographs

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (3)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (3)

Subjects

  • African American men (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Fireplaces--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Oil storage tanks (1)
  • Oil wells (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Toddlers (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)

Subjects, People

  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Mabane, Bob (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)

Date Published

  • 1940-12-02 (2)
  • 1940-11-01 (1)
  • (-) 1940-11-30 (3)

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