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Billie Rockman and Rex Cowan embracing

Image

Billie Rockman in a heavy coat over a dress, smiling and embracing Rex Cowan in a long, heavy coat and pinstriped pants. They are standing in the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Blurry photo of an outdoor event

Image

Blurry photo of an outdoor event. Musicians are on the left (double bass is visible, along with what appears to be a trumpet), and a shirtless African...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Dog seated in a car

Image

Dog with black and white fur, eyes closed, with a dog collar, seated in the driver's seat of an automobile, facing out the window. It is a sunny day...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Man lying in the grass holding a cigarette; smiling man seated in the grass

Image

Two images. Left: Unidentified white man lying in the grass in a suit, one elbow propping him up, other hand with a cigarette, cradling the side of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Smiling woman with wind-blown hair; Warren Durrett and a man standing in suits

Image

Two images. Left; smiling unidentified white woman with wind-blown hair in a coat and a scarf standing in front of a building. Right; Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Smiling woman; Warren Durrett with a smoking pipe

Image

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a suit with her hands behind her back, standing by the side of a house. Right: Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Two women sitting in front of a tree; smiling woman near a stone building

Image

Two images. Left: Unidentified smiling white woman in a coat and a dress seated in the grass next to another unidentified white woman, wearing a...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Warren Durrett and man in front of a house; woman and Warren Durrett in front of a house

Image

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to an unidentified white man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Warren Durrett standing in front of an automobile; unidentified man standing in front of an automobile

Image

Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a suit, one hand in his jacket pocket, standing in front of an automobile, which is in front of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Woman and man seated in the grass; man in a sweater and three others seated in the grass

Image

Two images. Left; woman with curly hair in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt or shorts seated in the grass, looking into the distance. Seated next to...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Woman standing in a park; man in a suit in front of a building

Image

Two images. Left: Unidentified white woman wearing a coat like a shawl over a patterned dress, in a park. There is a hand in front of her holding...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Woman standing in front of an automobile; Warren Durrett and woman standing in front of an automobile

Image

Two images. Left: unidentified smiling white woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt, leaning back on an automobile, in front of trees. Right...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double image: Woman with braided hair; smiling man on the street

Image

Two images. Left: Unidentified smiling white woman in a jacket with her hair braided on top in the grass in front of a stone building. Right...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Double of the same image: Warren Durrett standing next to an automobile

Image

Two of the same image: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to the passenger's side door of an automobile, hand on the door. The vehicle is parked...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Four Noteables

Image

Promotional photograph from the torso up of the Four Noteables. Warren Durrett (left) , an unidentified white man (center), and Jim Hammer (right) in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Four Noteables performing with the Warren Durrett orchestra

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The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. They are comprised of an unidentified white man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Group of people seated on a ship

Image

High angle photo of the deck of a ship. In the front, there are three empty folding chairs, one very short, and to the right of them is a white man...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of Laura Webb

Image

Headshot of Laura Webb looking off to the right. Printed text below reads: "A Banister Photo."

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of Myrna Lee Jones

Image

Headshot of Myrna Lee Jones in a dress, smiling with her head turned towards the camera. Photo is slightly out of focus, especially everything outside...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress, wearing earrings and a necklace. A blurry diamond pattern is visible behind her.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Side portrait of unidentified white woman in dress, head turned and smiling towards the camera. Her hands are extended forward, resting on some sort...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified smiling white woman wearing a jacket, along with earrings and a necklace.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a sweater, smiling and looking off to the left.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

House in snow

Image

Snow on the ground and a small wooden house in the top right. Snow-covered trees are in the background.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Laura Webb singing with the Warren Durrett Orchestra

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Laura Webb on stage in a shirt and long skirt, singing into two microphones in front of the Warren Durrett orchestra (all white men). Durrett is at...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

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  • (-) Warren Durrett Collection (107)

Types

  • photographs (107)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (106)
  • Gelatin silver prints (106)
  • Snapshots (86)
  • Portrait photographs (63)
  • Group portraits (43)
  • Publicity photographs (10)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Postcards (2)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (107)

Subjects

  • Men, White (63)
  • Women, White (56)
  • Jazz musicians (48)
  • Jazz musicians, White (47)
  • Dwellings (16)
  • Jazz singers (15)
  • Automobiles (11)
  • Big bands (10)
  • Buildings (6)
  • Cruise ships (6)
  • Band directors (5)
  • Children, White (4)
  • Ships (4)
  • Streets (4)
  • Beaches (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Parks (3)
  • Sunglasses (3)
  • Armed Forces (2)
  • Bathing suits (2)
  • Boats and boating (2)
  • Bodies of water (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Cemeteries (2)
  • Couples (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Infants (2)
  • Lakes (2)
  • Military uniforms (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Snow (2)
  • Soldiers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Water (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Air pilots (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Automobiles--Maintenance and repair (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Blankets (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Docks (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Fireplaces (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hugging (1)
  • Mother and child (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Pipe smokers (1)
  • Plants, Potted (1)
  • Porches (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Special events (1)
  • Swimmers (1)
  • Swimming (1)
  • Swings (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Tricycles (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (42)
  • Webb, Laura (5)
  • Gay, Ruth Anne (2)
  • Bieber, R. J. (1)
  • Cowan, Rex (1)
  • Crose, Izedore (1)
  • Durrett, Milo (1)
  • Jones, Myrna Lee (1)
  • Mason, Millie (1)
  • Rockman, Billie (1)
  • Weesner, Nell (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (97)
  • 1945 (10)
  • (-) 1950 (107)

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