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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

American soldiers get a visit from a ceramic Dachshund confiscated from the German battlefront

Image

Lt. Jack Bockelman smiles as he lies in a hospital bed at the evacuation hospital in Presque Isle, Maine listening to T/3 George R. Pierson explain...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Andy Russell

Image

Publicity photo of Andy Russell standing against a wall looking forward and smiling. Russell is wearing a black suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Andy Russell, Evelyn Gibson, and Jack Bailey

Image

Andy Russell presenting a bouquet of flowers to "Queen for a Day" Evelyn Gibson. Jack Bailey, emcee of the program, stands next to Gibson looking at...

Date Published
1945
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

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard

Image

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. 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 an unidentified man at the Palladium

Image

Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a...

Date Published
1945
1950
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

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

Billy May

Image

Angled publicity photo of Billy May playing trumpet. May is wearing a dark suit jacket.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Eberly with Pat Dexter and two others

Image

Bob Eberly leaning over Pat Dexter, sitting in the center with two unidentified white women at a restaurant dining table. The woman on the left is...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell

Image

Dave Dexter, Bob Eberly, and Helen O'Connell standing behind a microphone. Dexter is handing a record to an unidentified white man on the side. All...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell

Image

Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling. Dexter is holding a record with the Capitol label and O...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bobby Nichols and trumpet

Image

Publicity photo of Bobby Nichols looking to the side and holding a trumpet. Nichols is wearing a dark colored suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Brad Gowans playing a Valide

Image

"Not a trombone, but a "Valide" (half-valve, half, slide) is the instrument here being played by Brad Gowans in the March of Time film, "Night Club...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Brass section of an unidentified band

Image

Brass section of an unidentified band performing on stage with a microphone in the foreground. The musicians (all white men) are wearing suit jackets...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Buck Clayton with ensemble on stage

Image

Trummy Young[?], Sidney Bechet, Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells[?], Benny Morton, George Wettling, Pops Foster, Joe Marsala, Max Kaminsky and an...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (120)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (38)
  • Ted Malone Collection (30)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (191)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (191)
  • Gelatin silver prints (190)
  • Portrait photographs (107)
  • Group portraits (94)
  • Snapshots (92)
  • Publicity photographs (73)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Christmas cards (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Greeting cards (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • New Year cards (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (191)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (118)
  • Jazz musicians, White (112)
  • Women, White (53)
  • Conductors (Music) (31)
  • Jazz singers (28)
  • Microphone (23)
  • Radio personalities (23)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (19)
  • Big bands (17)
  • War correspondents (17)
  • Saxophonists (15)
  • Soldiers (14)
  • Trumpet players (14)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (13)
  • Actors (9)
  • Composers (9)
  • Male singers (9)
  • African American men (8)
  • Band leaders (8)
  • Clarinetists (8)
  • Dwellings (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Airplanes (7)
  • Trombonists (7)
  • Uniforms (7)
  • Neckties (6)
  • Pianists (6)
  • Automobiles (5)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Drum set (5)
  • Flight attendants (5)
  • Children, White (4)
  • Journalism, Military (4)
  • Pipe smoking (4)
  • Saxophone (4)
  • Violinists (4)
  • Actresses (3)
  • Airplanes, Military (3)
  • Bouquets (3)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Coats (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Princesses (3)
  • Radio broadcasters (3)
  • Radio programs (3)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Trombone (3)
  • War photography (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Clarinet (2)
  • Double bass (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Jumpers (Dresses) (2)
  • Military hospitals (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Pipe smokers (2)
  • Princes (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sunglasses (2)
  • Tobacco pipes (2)
  • War wounds--Patients (2)
  • Airplaines (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Asian men (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Baseball teams (1)
  • Baseball uniforms (1)
  • Bathing suits (1)
  • Beaches--Recreational use (1)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Bowling (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brass instrument players (1)
  • Brass instruments (1)
  • Briefcases (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Card tricks (1)
  • Cellists (1)
  • Ceramics (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dachshunds (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Faucets (1)
  • Forests and forestry (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Helmets (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jazz audiences (1)
  • Kings and rulers (1)
  • Leisure (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Lyricists (1)
  • Machinery (1)
  • Management (1)
  • Military cycling (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Mortars (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Native American women (1)
  • Nazis (1)
  • Orchestra (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Photographic lenses (1)
  • Photojournalism (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Prairies (1)
  • Queens (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sinks (Plumbing fixtures) (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Street signs (1)
  • Tanks (Military science) (1)
  • Teenage boys, White (1)
  • Teenage girls, White (1)
  • Television game show hosts (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • Traffic signs and signals (1)
  • Tripods (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Valide (Musical instrument) (1)
  • War--Relief of sick and wounded (1)
  • (-) Men, White (192)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Presque Isle (Me.) (3)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • 8e Arrondissement (Paris, France) (1)
  • Champs-ElysĂ©es (Paris, France) (1)
  • Coeur D'Alene Tribe of the Coeur D'Alene Reservation, Idaho (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (30)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (23)
  • Dexter, Dave (15)
  • Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988 (5)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (4)
  • Eberly, Bob (4)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (4)
  • Kenton, Stan (4)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (4)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (4)
  • McKinley, Ray (4)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (3)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- (3)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (3)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (3)
  • Kyser, Kay (3)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (3)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (3)
  • Webb, Laura (3)
  • Bee, Molly (2)
  • Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012 (2)
  • Cates, Opie, 1909-1987 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (2)
  • Donahue, Sam (2)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (2)
  • Gillette, Leland James (2)
  • Goodman, Al, 1890-1972 (2)
  • McAndrews, Robert (2)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (2)
  • Moran, Jim (2)
  • Mussulli, Boots, 1917-1967 (2)
  • Nemo, Peter (2)
  • O'Connell, Helen (2)
  • Pastor, Tony (2)
  • Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921- (2)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (2)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (2)
  • Anthony, Al (1)
  • Bailey, Jack (1)
  • Bailey, Mildred (1)
  • Bauduc, Ray (1)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Bockelman, Jack W. (1)
  • Bonano, Sharkey (1)
  • Bouchon, Lester (1)
  • Braniff, Thomas E. (Thomas Elmer), 1883-1954 (1)
  • Brentari, John (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Canova, Judy, 1913-1983 (1)
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (1)
  • Case, Russ, 1912-1964 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cooper, Bob, 1925-1993 (1)
  • Dein, Eddie (1)
  • Dennis, Billy E. (1)
  • Derwin, Hal (1)
  • Desmond, Johnny (1)
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (1)
  • Dexter, Pat (1)
  • Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975 (1)
  • Dragon, Carmen (1)
  • Eberle, Ray (1)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (1)
  • Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Foster, Pops, 1892-1969 (1)
  • Gaillard, Slim (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 (1)
  • Gibson, Evelyn (Game show contestant) (1)
  • Glaub, John A. (1)
  • Goldberg, Edward (Doc) (1)
  • Gowans, Brad (1)
  • Grey, Carolyn, 1922- (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 (1)
  • Hazel, Monk, 1903-1968 (1)
  • Herskovitz, Aaron (1)
  • Johnson, Lucille (Singer) (1)
  • Jones, Spike, 1911-1965 (1)
  • Jostyn, Jay (1)
  • Kaminsky, Max, 1908-1994 (1)
  • Kaye, Stubby (1)
  • Kennedy, Raymond C. (1)
  • Koch, Karl, Mrs. (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Lowrey, Fred (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Malvin, Arthur (1)
  • Manne, Shelly (1)
  • Manone, Wingy (1)
  • Marsala, Joe, 1907-1978 (1)
  • Martin, Chink, 1886-1981 (1)
  • May, Billy (1)
  • McAfee, Johnny (1)
  • Monroe, Vaughn, 1911-1973 (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Musso, Vido (1)
  • Napoleon, Teddy (1)
  • Nichols, Bobby (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Norvo, Red (1)
  • O'Connor, Rod (1)
  • O'Neil, Danny (1)
  • Pecora, Santo, 1902-1984 (1)
  • Pierson, George R. (1)
  • Pingitore, Mike (1)
  • Polo, Danny (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Rae, Dorothy (1)
  • Riddick, Jeff (1)
  • Rosenberg, Goldie (1)
  • Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973 (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Safranski, Eddie, 1918-1974 (1)
  • Schultz, Irene, (Lieutenant) (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (1)
  • Slack, Freddie (1)
  • Soo, Long Pin (1)
  • Stewart, Buddy, 1922-1950 (1)
  • Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 (1)
  • Stordahl, Axel (1)
  • Talent, Ziggy (1)
  • Thow, George (1)
  • Tucker, Orrin (1)
  • Van Asdell, Jimmy (1)
  • Venuti, Joe (1)
  • Wells, Bob (Musician) (1)
  • Wells, Dicky, 1907-1985 (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)
  • Wettling, George, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Winding, Kai (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (66)
  • 1950 (64)
  • 1949 (26)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1955 (1)
  • (-) 1945 (192)

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