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Al Goodman

Image

Al Goodman facing slightly to the side and smiling while holding his arms out in a conducting pose. Goodman is wearing a white tuxedo and black bowtie...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Al Goodman

Image

Headshot of Al Goodman looking forward with a solemn expression. Goodman is wearing a tuxedo and white tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Announcing the show

Image

An unidentified white male emcee at the microphone on stage with a big band behind him.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service actresses

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Jinx Falkenburg, Marilyn Maxwell, an unidentified white man in a service uniform, Lucille Ball...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Artie Malvin

Image

Angled headshot of Artie Malvin looking to the side and smiling. Malvin is wearing a pinstripe suit and polka dot tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Axel Stordahl

Image

Axel Stordahl looking forward and holding his arms up to conduct. Stordahl is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Banquet with Ted Malone

Image

Ted Malone sits with his back to the wall at the head of a 'U' shaped banquet table filled with white men and women seated alternately. Ted Malone is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Baton twirlers

Image

African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Benny Goodman

Image

Headshot of Benny Goodman facing forward and looking to the side. Goodman is wearing glasses and a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman and clarinet

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Goodman seated and holding a clarinet across his chest with both hands. Goodman is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie without...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Goodman posing with his clarinet

Image

Headshot of Benny Goodman seated and looking forward while smiling. Goodman is holding a clarinet up in on arm and is wearing glasses and a black...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Billie Rockman and Rex Cowan embracing

Image

Billie Rockman in a heavy coat over a dress, smiling and embracing Rex Cowan in a long, heavy coat and pinstriped pants. They are standing in the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Billy Butterfield

Image

Publicity photo of Billy Butterfield seated and facing forward while smiling and wearing a pinstripe suit. Butterfield is holding his trumpet to his...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield in recording session

Image

Billy Butterfield turned to the side and speaking into a studio microphone hanging overhead during a possible recording session. Butterfield is...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield facing forward and playing trumpet with unidentified musicians facing away from camera. Butterfield is in behind stands holding...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield playing looking up and trumpet into a studio microphone hanging overhead. Butterfield is holding a plunger mute over the trumpet...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Butterfield playing trumpet

Image

Billy Butterfield closing his eyes while playing trumpet. Butterfield is in a studio with a checkered tile floor and is wearing a white collared shirt...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Blurry photo of an outdoor event

Image

Blurry photo of an outdoor event. Musicians are on the left (double bass is visible, along with what appears to be a trumpet), and a shirtless African...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Bob Eberly featured with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Eberly [née Bob Eberle] leaning forward and looking to the side. Eberly is wearing a suit with black tie and white handkerchief...

Date Published
1941
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Broadcast from inside Carnegie Hall

Image

Carnegie Hall is full of spectators (white men and women) to listen to a broadcast of possible a symphony. A few string players (all white) are...

Date Published
1941
1949
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Buck Clayton with his band and fans

Image

Buck Clayton and band standing with a group of people in a club.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with the WOV DJ, Fred Robbins

Image

Buck Clayton seated with a WOV disc jockey, Fred Robbins with the WOV microphone between them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buddy Rich

Image

Publicity photo of Buddy Rich looking to the side and smiling. Rich is holding two drum sticks in both hand and wearing a plaid suit jacket.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buddy Rich And His Orchestra

Image

Publicity photo of Buddy Rich sitting at a drum set while looking forward and smiling. Rich is holding drum sticks in both hands and wearing a black...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (69)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (56)
  • Ted Malone Collection (39)
  • Ed Dix Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (11)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (5)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (5)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (214)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (213)
  • Gelatin silver prints (213)
  • Portrait photographs (114)
  • Snapshots (109)
  • Group portraits (101)
  • Publicity photographs (54)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (205)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (113)
  • Jazz musicians, White (107)
  • Women, White (70)
  • Radio personalities (32)
  • Conductors (Music) (23)
  • African American men (18)
  • Saxophonists (15)
  • Trumpet players (14)
  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • Trombonists (11)
  • Children, White (10)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (10)
  • Jazz singers (10)
  • Automobiles (9)
  • Dwellings (9)
  • Microphone (9)
  • Military uniforms (8)
  • Soldiers (8)
  • African American women (7)
  • Big bands (7)
  • Band leaders (6)
  • Buildings (6)
  • Male singers (6)
  • Neckties (6)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Boys (5)
  • Caps (Headgear) (5)
  • Children--Hospital care (5)
  • Clogs (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Hospital patients (5)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (5)
  • Streets (5)
  • Amusement parks (4)
  • Brick roads (4)
  • Charity (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Clarinetists (4)
  • Cruise ships (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Philanthropists (4)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Stairs (4)
  • Violinists (4)
  • Wheelchairs (4)
  • Actors (3)
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  • Dinners and dining (3)
  • Fur garments (3)
  • Musicians (3)
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  • Radio broadcasters (3)
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  • Trombone (3)
  • Tweed (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
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  • Cemeteries (2)
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  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (2)
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  • Ponchos (2)
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  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Statues (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Toddlers (2)
  • Water (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • Airmen (1)
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  • Airplanes (1)
  • Armed Forces (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Automobiles--Maintenance and repair (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Bedrooms (1)
  • Beer (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Blankets (1)
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  • Book reviews (1)
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  • College students (1)
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  • Couples (1)
  • Disc jockeys (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Double bass (1)
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  • Drawbridges (1)
  • Dwarfs (Persons) (1)
  • Electric lamps (1)
  • Espresso (1)
  • Eye--Examination (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Ferries (1)
  • Fishes--Marketing (1)
  • Flower arrangement (1)
  • Footbridges (1)
  • Garrison Caps (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Harbors (1)
  • Hinges (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Injections (1)
  • Jazz radio programs (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
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  • Kitchens (1)
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  • Laundry workers (1)
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  • Lyricists (1)
  • Management (1)
  • Mariachi musicians (1)
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  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Models (Persons) (1)
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  • Rivers (1)
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  • Waterfronts (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • Windmills (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Men, White (216)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (6)
  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (4)
  • Copenhagen (Denmark) (4)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • IJssel Lake (Netherlands) (2)
  • Netherlands (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Amsterdam (Netherlands) (1)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)
  • Edam (Netherlands) (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Mallow (Ireland) (1)
  • Malmédy (Belgium) (1)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (1)
  • Rainier, Mount (Wash.) (1)
  • Tampa (Fla.) (1)
  • Volendam (Netherlands) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (30)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (25)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (10)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (6)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (5)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (5)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (4)
  • McKinley, Ray (4)
  • Schauffler, Robert McEwan (4)
  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (3)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (3)
  • Kyser, Kay (3)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Cates, Opie, 1909-1987 (2)
  • Goodman, Al, 1890-1972 (2)
  • Martin, Elizabeth (Superintendent) (2)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (2)
  • Nemo, Peter (2)
  • Pastor, Tony (2)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (2)
  • Tucker, Orrin (2)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (2)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (2)
  • Anthony, Al (1)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Bonano, Sharkey (1)
  • Bouchon, Lester (1)
  • Canova, Judy, 1913-1983 (1)
  • Case, Russ, 1912-1964 (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Cowan, Rex (1)
  • Dagley, Lena (1)
  • Derwin, Hal (1)
  • Desmond, Johnny (1)
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (1)
  • Durr, Elvin (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Eberly, Bob (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Falkenburg, Jinx, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Goldberg, Edward (Doc) (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hazel, Monk, 1903-1968 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jostyn, Jay (1)
  • Kenton, Stan (1)
  • Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996 (1)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Lowrey, Fred (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Malvin, Arthur (1)
  • Manne, Shelly (1)
  • Manone, Wingy (1)
  • Martin, Chink, 1886-1981 (1)
  • Maxwell, Marilyn (1)
  • McAfee, Johnny (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973 (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • O'Neil, Danny (1)
  • O'Shea, Michael, 1906-1973 (1)
  • Pecora, Santo, 1902-1984 (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Rae, Dorothy (1)
  • Riddick, Jeff (1)
  • Ritter, Frank (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Rockman, Billie (1)
  • Safranski, Eddie, 1918-1974 (1)
  • Slack, Freddie (1)
  • Stewart, Buddy, 1922-1950 (1)
  • Stordahl, Axel (1)
  • Talent, Ziggy (1)
  • Thow, George (1)
  • Venuti, Joe (1)
  • Webb, Laura (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)
  • Winding, Kai (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1950 (136)
  • 1945 (66)
  • 1949 (7)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • (-) 1941 (216)

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