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Bettye Miller

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Publicity photo of Bettye Miller seated at piano.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bob Wilson and unidentified musicians

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Bob Wilson (second from right) and unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bobby Stafford performing with two unidentified men

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Bobby Stafford (center) performing with two unidentified men.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bobby Stafford performing with two unidentified men

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Bobby Stafford (center) performing with two unidentified men.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Chas. A. Taylor's Latest Edition of Bronze Manikins

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Poster advertising performances at Scott's Club, 18th Street and Highland, Kansas City, for one week starting March 6 through Sunday, March 10...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Display case advertising a Philharmonic Connoisseur Concert

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Display case advertising a Philharmonic Connoisseur Concert featuring William Dawson (composer of the Negro Folk Symphony), January 29, 8:30pm, at...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Football

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Poster advertising Homecoming football game for Lincoln University vs. Wilberforce University at Lincoln Field on Saturday, November 1, 2:00PM; $1.25...

Date Published
1941
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Jack Schenk presents Darktown Scandals

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Poster advertising performances at Boone Theatre, Kansas City, for eight days commencing Saturday, September 27, 1941; featured events include a...

Date Published
1941
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (seated, left) and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (far left) and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (drums) and unidentified musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Teddy and Lotty of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Teddy (guitar) and Lotty (bass) of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Teddy and Lotty of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Teddy (guitar) and Lotty (bass) of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

The Vale-Dairs band performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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The Vale-Dairs band with unidentified local musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Three unidentified African American boys near an unidentified street corner

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Three unidentified African American boys (ca. 10 years old?) posing near an unidentified street corner.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Three unidentified African American men in "Brooklyn Cone and Grill"

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Three unidentified African American men posing in front of a wall menu for "Brooklyn Cone and Grill".

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Two unidentified African-American male sprinters

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Two unidentified African-American male sprinters, one wearing a "Central Track" t-shirt, just before breaking through the finish line string; audience...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Two unidentified African-American men posing on a sidewalk

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Two unidentified African-American men posing on a sidewalk; an unidentified market, advertising poultry and fish, and "Pig-in-a-Pit Bar-B-Q" are in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified group outside the Musicians Protective Union Local 627

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Unidentified group outside the Musicians Protective Union Local 627 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified male piano player

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Unidentified male piano player performing.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified male saxophone player

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Unidentified African American male saxophone player in a hat blowing into his instrument.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified man

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Publicity photo of unidentified man.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified man operating heavy machinery

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Unidentified man operating heavy machinery.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Unidentified African American and white jazz musicians (trumpeter, drummer and three trombonists) performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified woman

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Unidentified woman wearing sunglasses.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

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  • (-) Brian Thurn Collection (27)

Types

  • photographs (24)
  • posters (3)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (24)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Portrait photographs (22)
  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (14)
  • Posters (3)
  • Concert posters (2)
  • Lithographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Screen prints (1)
  • Sports posters (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (27)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (16)
  • African American men (7)
  • African American women (3)
  • Dance music (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American football players (1)
  • African American universities and colleges (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Sprinters (1)
  • Track and field athletes (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (10)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (10)
  • Jefferson City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Lovett, Baby (3)
  • Vale, Teddy (3)
  • Dairs, Lotty (2)
  • Stafford, Bobby (2)
  • Cox, Ida, 1889-1967 (1)
  • Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Schenck, Jack (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1950 (24)
  • 1945 (1)
  • (-) 1941 (27)

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