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375th Army Service Forces Band

Image

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

Baby in a sweater

Image

A studio portrait of an unidentified baby wearing a sweater and light colored shoes that tie.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Benny Goodman playing clarinet

Image

Benny Goodman facing slightly to the side against a wall, wearing a tweed jacket, and playing clarinet with the bell up in a publicity photo for...

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

Betty Hutton singing in Hawaii

Image

"Paramount's Betty Hutton hid herself off to the Pacific Islands on an eight week entertainment barrage. She was assisted in her act by pretty...

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

City Manager's Office staff

Image

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 at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and looking up, turning away from the piano...

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

Count Basie at the piano

Image

Publicity photo from the side of Count Basie seated at a white piano. Basie is placing his hands on the keys and turning his head forward.

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

Dave Dexter and Count Basie

Image

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

Ella Mae Morse

Image

Headshot of Ella Mae Morse looking forward and smiling. Morse is wearing a shiny dress with a large brooch.

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

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

Image

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

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Helen Xarhis in front of a building

Image

Helen Xarhis standing in front of a multi-story brick building and holding a pair of glasses in her hands. Possibly taken in Independence, Missouri.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Helen Xarhis laughing

Image

Close up of Helen Xarhis laughing outdoors in front of a building. Possibly taken in Independence, Missouri.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Irene Castle McLaughlin holding a small dog

Image

Irene Castle McLaughlin wearing net veil fascinator hat and dark corded jacket holding a small dog wearing collar and name tag.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Irene Castle McLaughlin signed publicity photo

Image

Publicity photo of Irene Castle McLaughlin.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jane Frazee in costume

Image

Jane Frazee as she appears in the Columbia production "She's a Sweetheart" (from photo caption).

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

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann playing piano in a recording studio in Hollywood, California. The top of the piano is covered with music. McShann is looking forward and...

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

Jazz saxophonist, possibly Coleman Hawkins

Image

A close up photograph of possibly Coleman Hawkins, eyes closed, blowing into the saxophone, only reed and neck of saxophone shown.

Date Published
1944
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jimmy Dorsey playing clarinet

Image

Angled publicity photo of Jimmy Dorsey wearing a tuxedo and playing clarinet for Warner Bros. First National Picture "Hollywood Canteen."

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

L. Perry Cookingham behind WHB microphone

Image

L. Perry Cookingham behind WHB microphone holding up papers. Sign on wall reads WHB at WAR.

Date Published
1944
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Louis Armstrong and Dave Dexter

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

Image

Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while looking up. A tall plant and light fixture are in the background.

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

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

Image

Louis Armstrong wearing a white collared shirt and playing trumpet while facing to the side.

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

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano

Image

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano holding a trumpet, smiling, and wiping his face with a handkerchief.

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (27)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (8)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (3)
  • Paul Creston Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (44)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Publicity photographs (25)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Snapshots (14)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Negatives (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (44)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (43)
  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (15)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Composers (7)
  • Actresses (5)
  • City managers (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • Women jazz singers (5)
  • African American men (2)
  • Ballroom dancers (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (2)
  • Municipal government (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Animal shelters (1)
  • Brunches (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Electrical companies (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • School superintendents (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Tuberculosis--Patients (1)
  • Tuberculosis in children (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • World War (1939-1945) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (7)
  • Independence (Mo.) (2)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (7)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (5)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (3)
  • Castle, Irene, 1893-1969 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookson, Shirley (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (1)
  • Fisk, George C. (1)
  • Franzee, Jane, 1918-1985 (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Hunt, Herold C. (1)
  • Hutton, Betty (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Moore, Oscar (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)

Date Published

  • 1956 (3)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • (-) 1944 (44)

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