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375th Army Service Forces Band

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The 375th Army Service Forces Band (Buck Clayton, seated, far right) posing with all their instruments in New York.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats off

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats on

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ben Webster plays

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Ben Webster playing saxophone with Buck Clayton in his military uniform seated behind him along with Leonard Gaskin, Tiny Grimes, and an unidentified...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in England

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Buck Clayton and Jimmy Rushing in suits and trench coats, standing on a street; Buck holding his trumpet and a handkerchief looking mischievous. Jimmy...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Budget meeting interrupted by police clown

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Eight men in suits sit around conference table. Identified on back as Tom Chenowith, J.V. Lewis, Hayes Richardson, John Maring, Police Clown, L. Perry...

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

City Manager's Office staff

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Unidentified man, Harold Gordon, Marty Ramen, Mary Kiley, Edith Bergman, L. Perry Cookingham behind desk in the City Manager's office.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Count Basie and Dave Dexter

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Count Basie and Dave Dexter sitting on a table against a wall. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and handing an envelope to Basie, who is wearing...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

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Backstage in Hollywood in 1944, Count Basie approves an article written by Dave Dexter, Jr., who has carefully followed the Basie career from 1936...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Frank Sinatra with Gloria DeHaven

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Frank Sinatra on a radio broadcast with Gloria DeHaven. Sinatra and DeHaven are standing in front of a stage curtain. She is singing into an NBC...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harold Hunt, L. Perry Cookingham, George Fisk sit behind microphone

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Harold Hunt, L. Perry Cookingham, George Fisk sit at table behind KMBC microphone holding cards.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Henry Snodgrass and Roy Hancock

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Henry Snodgrass in the backseat and Roy Hancock in the front seat of a car reading the newspaper.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter

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Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and pointing to his trumpet while Dexter looks forward.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong and Lucille Wilson

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Louis Armstrong playing trumpet with one hand and embracing Lucille Wilson with the other. Wilson stand behind Armstrong and holds his legs.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong and unidentified woman at piano

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Louis Armstrong and an unidentified woman sitting at the piano. Armstrong is smiling and holding his trumpet while the woman smiles and looks up.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Mayor Gage with the city council in the Council Chambers

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Mayor Gage seated at desk, with the city council standing behind him in the Council Chambers in Kansas City City Hall. Identified as Koontz...

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford

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Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford standing around an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone, Cole is wearing a pinstripe...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Oscar Moore (guitar) and Nat King Cole (piano)

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Oscar Moore playing guitar and singing with Nat King Cole. Cole is playing the piano and singing with his eyes closed into a microphone hanging from...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Peggy Lee and Capitol Jazzmen

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Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Peggy Lee and Capitol Jazzmen

Image

Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Peggy Lee and Capitol Jazzmen

Image

Peggy Lee and the Capitol Jazzmen during a Capitol Records recording session. Musicians include Les Robinson playing alto saxophone, Eddie Miller...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

S & S Sunday Brunch at Jenkins Home - in the Country - 1944

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Harriette W. Cookingham, L. Perry Cookingham, and crowd of people outside a home at a S & S Sunday Brunch.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Sammy Kaye receiving prize

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Sammy Kaye receiving a prize from a Signal Oil executive. Kaye is looking down and smiling while the unidentified executive wearing a pinstripe suit...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Staff meeting

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L. Perry Cookingham seated at head of conference table with 13 other city staff.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1944
  • Group portraits

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (13)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (6)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (24)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Portrait photographs (16)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Negatives (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (24)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (20)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (11)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • City managers (5)
  • African American men (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Municipal government (3)
  • Soldiers (3)
  • Women jazz singers (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Bands (Music)--Management (1)
  • Brunches (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Electrical companies (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • School superintendents (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Camp Shanks (N.Y.) (2)
  • Chelsea (London, England) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (3)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-2016 (1)
  • Fisk, George C. (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Hunt, Herold C. (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Moore, Oscar (1)
  • Ram, Buck (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • (-) 1944 (24)

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