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Capitol Baseball Team

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Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back...

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

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore, sitting in a tile studio at tables with microphones while recording a broadcast...

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

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore, sitting in a tile studio at tables with microphones while recording a broadcast...

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

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, Freddy Martin, and Dinah Shore 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, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, Al Jarvis, and two unidentified men sitting at tables with microphones for a radio broadcast. Dexter and Cole are looking...

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

Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis seated in a recording studio

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Dave Dexter, Nat King Cole, and Al Jarvis, unidentified white man, seated in a recording studio with two other unidentified white men and an...

Date Published
1945
1950
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

Glenn Wallichs and Nat King Cole

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Glenn Wallichs (second to left) and Nat King Cole (second to right) with three unidentified men. All are wearing suits and ties and standing shoulder...

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

King Cole Trio

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Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore holding his guitar, Nat King Cole playing piano (piano not seen in photo), and Johnny Miller...

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

King Cole Trio

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Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore playing guitar, Nat King Cole sitting at a piano, and Johnny Miller playing bass. All three...

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

Nat King Cole

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Publicity photo of Nat King Cole turned to the side and looking forward while smiling and extending hands out. Cole is wearing a light colored suit...

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

Nat King Cole and Johnny Mercer

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Nat King Cole sitting at piano talking with Johnny Mercer. Cole is facing to the side underneath a microphone. Mercer is leaning on the side of the...

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

Nat King Cole and Perry Como

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Nat King Cole and Perry Como looking over music. Cole is wearing a pinstripe suit. Como is wearing a patterned jacket and holding music with a...

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

Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett

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Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett sitting at restaurant table with a bread basket and silver wear. Cole is wearing a patterned jacket and leaning forward...

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

Nat King Cole playing piano

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Nat King Cole photographed from above playing piano in front of a studio wall. Cole is wearing a striped shirt and looking to the side.

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

Nat King Cole playing piano

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Nat King Cole photographed from the side playing piano. Cole is looking forward and wearing a pinstripe suit.

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

Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarvis, Buddy Rich, and Dave Dexter

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Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarvis, Buddy Rich, and Dave Dexter sitting at tables with microphones before a studio audience during radio...

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

Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarvis, Buddy Rich, and Dave Dexter

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Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Al Jarvis, Buddy Rich, and Dave Dexter sitting at tables with microphones before a studio audience during radio...

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

Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne

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Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne standing behind a USA microphone and laughing. Cole is wearing a light colored suit and patterned tie...

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

Publicity photo of Nat King Cole

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Publicity photo of Nat King Cole leaning forward, hunched over a stool, looking up and smiling. Cole is wearing a white sweater and metal chain on his...

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

Robert Preston, Bill Rigney, and Nat King Cole

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Robert Preston, Bill Rigney, Nat King Cole posing for photo in baseball uniforms. Preston is holding a baseball glove and looking up. Rigney is...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1945
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (21)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (21)
  • Gelatin silver prints (21)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Portrait photographs (17)
  • Snapshots (16)
  • Publicity photographs (5)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (21)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (15)
  • Jazz musicians (10)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (10)
  • Pianists (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Baseball players (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Baseball teams (1)
  • Baseball uniforms (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (8)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (7)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (3)
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 (3)
  • Miller, Johnny (Double bassist) (2)
  • Moore, Oscar (2)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (2)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (1)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Horne, Lena (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Rigney, Bill, 1918-2001 (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • (-) Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (21)

Date Published

  • 1950 (12)
  • 1941 (8)
  • (-) 1945 (21)

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