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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

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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

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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

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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

Louis Armstrong playing trumpet

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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

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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

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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

Louis Armstrong sitting at the piano

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

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

Mark Norman Smith in front of bookcase

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Mark Norman Smith standing in front large bookcase with doors holding one book in right hand and removing book from shelf with left hand. Smith...

Date Published
1941
1944
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Mark Norman Smith portrait

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Waist-up portrait of KMBC Director of Research Department Mark Norman Smith in light suit, white shirt, and flower tie. Smith sitting at slight angle...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio 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

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

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

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

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Publicity photo of Paul Creston seated with hands resting on a chair, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

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Publicity photo of Paul Creston looking straight at camera, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

Image

Publicity photo of Paul Creston looking straight at camera, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston 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

Shirley Cookson outside

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Shirley Cookson posing for a photo in front of flowers growing along a path. She has one arm hidden behind her back.

Date Published
1944
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco 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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (29)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (9)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (3)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (3)
  • Paul Creston Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (55)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (55)
  • Gelatin silver prints (55)
  • Portrait photographs (44)
  • Publicity photographs (26)
  • Group portraits (24)
  • Snapshots (18)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (50)
  • 1951-1960 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (19)
  • Jazz musicians (16)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Pianists (8)
  • Composers (7)
  • City managers (6)
  • Actresses (5)
  • African American men (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • Women jazz singers (5)
  • Municipal government (3)
  • Radio stations--Employees (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Soldiers (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Ballroom dancers (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Conductors (Music) (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Animal shelters (1)
  • Bands (Music)--Management (1)
  • Brunches (1)
  • Children--Hospital care (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Electrical companies (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital patients (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • School superintendents (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Tuberculosis--Patients (1)
  • Tuberculosis in children (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • World War (1939-1945) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (7)
  • Camp Shanks (N.Y.) (2)
  • Independence (Mo.) (2)
  • Chelsea (London, England) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (7)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (6)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (3)
  • Smith, Mark Norman, 1880-1944 (3)
  • Castle, Irene, 1893-1969 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Church, Arthur B. (Arthur Burdette), 1896-1978 (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookson, Shirley (1)
  • DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-2016 (1)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (1)
  • Fisk, George C. (1)
  • Franzee, Jane, 1918-1985 (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (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)
  • Ram, Buck (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)

Date Published

  • 1956 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • (-) 1944 (55)

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