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1946 Mercury

Image

A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Band playing on stage

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Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Buck's French American Band performing

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Members of Buck's French American Band performing on stage in Paris, France.

Date Published
1949
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Classroom setting at Western Seminary

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An African American male instructor wearing a three-piece suit, stands in the center back teaching clerical skills to a class of African American co...

Date Published
1949
1951
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group on the grounds of Western Seminary

Image

An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph...

Date Published
1929
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Drummer and saxophonist for the play "Negroid Evolution"

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Unidentified drummer and saxophonist playing music for the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A third person can...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Girl standing on the hood of a Pontiac

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An unidentified African American man crouches down in front of a parked Pontiac sedan, likely 1949 or 1950. A young African American girl stands on...

Date Published
1949
1951
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Gospel choir on stage

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Unidentified Gospel choir members (all women) in white robes singing with unidentified man in dark robes and cap singing in front of them. Part of the...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Literary Society of Western Seminary

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A group photograph of the African American co-ed Literary Society standing in rows on the steps at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in...

Date Published
1949
1951
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man and woman sitting on a car

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An unidentified African American woman leans back on the passenger side fender and an African American man sits on the wheel well of a 1946 Mercury...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

On stage in France

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Members of Buck's "French American Band" (Dave Pochonet, drums ; Andre Persiany, piano ; M. DeVillers, saxophone ; Charlie Blareau, bass ; J.P. Sasson...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

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Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women are on stage dressed as enslaved persons in...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women standing on stage and looking out to the...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women standing on stage and looking out to the...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women dressed as enslaved persons standing in front...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women, dressed in 19th century costumes, are lying...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

Image

Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. Two women and a man are standing in a group speaking to each other; an...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Welcoming Hugues Panassié and his wife

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Happy Caldwell, Mezz Mezzrow, Buck Clayton, Sidney Bechet and Cliff Jackson are welcoming French jazz critic Hugues Panassié and his wife Madeleine...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • African American men

Member of

  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (9)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (6)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Snapshots (13)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (14)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (12)
  • Actors (6)
  • Actresses (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • African American children (4)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • College students (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • Cotton (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Enslaved persons (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Nuns (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Teachers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Music critics (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American men (18)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Paris (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Persiany, André (2)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Bishop, Wally, 1906-1986 (1)
  • Blareau, Charlie (1)
  • Caldwell, Happy, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Conrad, Armand (1)
  • Gautier, Madeleine, 1905- (1)
  • Hadjo, Georges (1)
  • Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
  • Kennedy, George (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Mezzrow, Mezz, 1899-1972 (1)
  • Panassié, Hugues (1)
  • Pochonet, Gerard (1)
  • Sasson, J. P. (1)
  • Stepter, Merrill (1)
  • Villers, Michel de, 1926- (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (3)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1929 (1)
  • (-) 1949 (18)

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