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Artie Auerbach as Mr. Kitzel

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Mr. Kitzel (Artie Auerbach, featured comedian of the Jack Benny Show) seems to have charmed an extra long hot dog into performing for his customers...

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

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on "Can You Tie That"

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Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, an unidentified man (standing in the background), and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones and water pitchers for a...

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

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on "Can You Tie That"

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Bing Crosby and Bob Hope seated at tables with microphones and water pitchers for a recording of "Can You Tie That," KLAC radio program hosted by Al...

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

Bing Crosby, Dave Dexter, Ella Logan, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope

Image

Bing Crosby, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope standing left to right behind Ella Logan. Logan is sitting at a table with a KLAC microphone. Crosby...

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

Bob Hope and two unidentified men

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Bob Hope speaking with two unidentified men. Hope is sitting with one leg up on a chair, wearing a patterned suit.

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

Bob Hope onstage

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Bob Hope onstage, possibly during a rehearsal for a radio broadcast. Hope is raising both arms in the air to indicate distance. Hope is wearing a dark...

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

Connie Haines and Lou Costello

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Connie Haines wearing a bathing suit and leaning back on a diving board. Haines is turning to the side and smiling. Comedian Lou Costello is operating...

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

Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio...

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

Dave Dexter, Buddy Cole, Al Jarvis, Jerry Colonna, and Anne McKeon, on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Buddy Cole, Al Jarvis, Jerry Colonna, and Anne McKeon, sitting at tables with microphones while recording a broadcast of "Can You Tie...

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

Dave Dexter, Ed Flynn, Al Jarvis, Eugene Howard, and Skinnay Ennis

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Dave Dexter, Ed Flynn, Al Jarvis,and Skinnay Ennis looking at Eugene Howard with shocked expressions as Howard reads from papers into a KLAC...

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

Dave Dexter, June Christy, and Phil Harris

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Dave Dexter, June Christy, an unidentified man, and Phil Harris photographed from the side in a recording studio. All are smiling and looking forward...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

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Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris sitting at a table with microphones. Dexter is looking to the side and laughing. Wynn is in the center and...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

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Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris joking around. Dexter is sitting behind a table and laughing at Wynn who is on the table, laying on his side...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

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Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

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Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dean Martin and Nat King Cole

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Dean Martin and Nat King Cole standing shoulder to shoulder and looking to the side. Martin is laughing with his hand extended out. Both are wearing...

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

Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman

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Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman looking over papers. Russell is standing in the center, looking down while smiling. Bergen and Bergman...

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

Freddy Martin and Cass Daley

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Cass Daley and Freddy Martin holding papers and smiling while standing next to a microphone during a radio broadcast. Unidentified musicians are...

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

Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton

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Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton standing behind an ABC microphone and in front of a stage curtain. Colonna is looking at Tilton while smiling and...

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

Jerry Colonna, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope

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Jerry Colonna, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope standing shoulder to shoulder against a wall. Jarvis is wearing a comical hat and bowtie. Colonna and Hope both...

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

June Christy, Jack McVea, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on air for "Can You Tie That"

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June Christy, Jack McVea, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones while on air for "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted...

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

Milton Berle performing in radio studio

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Milton Berle looking down at microphones with wide-open eyes in a radio studio while holding a book. Berle is wearing a dark suit, bowtie, and fedora.

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

Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on "Can You Tie That"

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Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones, pitchers of water, and paper during a recording of "Can You...

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

Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on "Can You Tie That"

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Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones for "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted by Jarvis...

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

Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on "Can You Tie That"

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Milton Berle, Benny Goodman, Dave Dexter, an unidentified (standing in background), and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones for "Can You Tie...

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (33)

Types

  • photographs (33)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (33)
  • Gelatin silver prints (33)
  • Portrait photographs (31)
  • Group portraits (28)
  • Snapshots (26)
  • Publicity photographs (7)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (33)

Subjects

  • Sound recording executives and producers (13)
  • Jazz musicians (9)
  • Actors (8)
  • Actresses (4)
  • Radio programs (4)
  • Radio talk show hosts (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Comedians (33)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (7)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (15)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (13)
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (6)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (6)
  • Berle, Milton (4)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (4)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (3)
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986 (3)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (3)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (3)
  • Hayes, Peter Lind, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (2)
  • San Juan, Olga, 1927-2009 (2)
  • Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (2)
  • Auerbach, Artie, 1903-1957 (1)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982 (1)
  • Cole, Buddy (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Costello, Lou (1)
  • Daley, Cass (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Ennis, Skinnay (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Howard, Eugene (1)
  • Logan, Ella, 1913-1969 (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • McVea, Jack (1)
  • O'Connor, Rod (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Tilton, Martha (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (20)
  • 1950 (12)
  • (-) 1945 (33)

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