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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

Announcing the show

Image

An unidentified white male emcee at the microphone on stage with a big band behind him.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service actresses

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Jinx Falkenburg, Marilyn Maxwell, an unidentified white man in a service uniform, Lucille Ball...

Date Published
1941
1950
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

Banquet with Ted Malone

Image

Ted Malone sits with his back to the wall at the head of a 'U' shaped banquet table filled with white men and women seated alternately. Ted Malone is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Baton twirlers

Image

African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley 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

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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

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

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

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 his band and fans

Image

Buck Clayton and band standing with a group of people in a club.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with the WOV DJ, Fred Robbins

Image

Buck Clayton seated with a WOV disc jockey, Fred Robbins with the WOV microphone between them.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Capitol Baseball Team

Image

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

Carmen Dragon conducting

Image

Carmen Dragon conducting a studio orchestra during a rehearsal or recording. Dragon is raising both arms and leaning back with his eyes closed.

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

Carolyn Grey and Shorty Sherock

Image

Singer Carolyn Grey sitting on a stool and looking at music while smiling with Shorty Sherock standing behind her playing trumpet. In front is an NBC...

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

Chorus gathered for a photo in a parlor

Image

A group photograph of a co-ed African American chorus with an unidentified white male choral director standing and crouching in rows in a crowded...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Cookingham and unidentified actress

Image

L. Perry Cookingham poses for picture with unidentified Starlight actress

Date Published
1950
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (63)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (56)
  • Ted Malone Collection (32)
  • Ed Dix Collection (22)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (11)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (5)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (1)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (205)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (204)
  • Gelatin silver prints (204)
  • Snapshots (124)
  • Group portraits (112)
  • Portrait photographs (93)
  • Publicity photographs (34)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Postcards (2)
  • Color photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (195)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (102)
  • Jazz musicians, White (95)
  • Women, White (78)
  • Radio personalities (31)
  • Jazz singers (23)
  • African American men (18)
  • Big bands (15)
  • Microphone (15)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (14)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • Trombonists (13)
  • Trumpet players (11)
  • Conductors (Music) (10)
  • Automobiles (9)
  • Children, White (9)
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  • Band directors (7)
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  • Military uniforms (6)
  • Boys (5)
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  • Children--Hospital care (5)
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  • Hospital patients (5)
  • Neckties (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • Streets (5)
  • Actresses (4)
  • Brick roads (4)
  • Charity (4)
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  • Cruise ships (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Male singers (4)
  • Philanthropists (4)
  • Stairs (4)
  • Wheelchairs (4)
  • Women singers (4)
  • Aprons (3)
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  • Crowds (3)
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  • Fur garments (3)
  • Musicians (3)
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  • Band leaders (2)
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  • Hospital administrators (2)
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  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (2)
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  • Water (2)
  • Advertising (1)
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  • Bedrooms (1)
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  • Book reviews (1)
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  • Fishes--Marketing (1)
  • Flower arrangement (1)
  • Footbridges (1)
  • Garrison Caps (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Harbors (1)
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  • Hospital beds (1)
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  • Infants (1)
  • Injections (1)
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  • Tricycles (1)
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  • Valide (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Vice-Presidents (1)
  • Waterfronts (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • Windmills (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Men, White (206)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • Copenhagen (Denmark) (4)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
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  • IJssel Lake (Netherlands) (2)
  • Netherlands (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
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  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (1)
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  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Ireland (1)
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  • Mallow (Ireland) (1)
  • Malmédy (Belgium) (1)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (1)
  • Tampa (Fla.) (1)
  • Volendam (Netherlands) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (36)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (24)
  • Dexter, Dave (12)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (10)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (8)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (5)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (4)
  • Eberly, Bob (4)
  • Schauffler, Robert McEwan (4)
  • Webb, Laura (4)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (3)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (3)
  • Kenton, Stan (3)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Bee, Molly (2)
  • Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012 (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)
  • Martin, Elizabeth (Superintendent) (2)
  • Moran, Jim (2)
  • O'Connell, Helen (2)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (2)
  • Xarhis, James John, 1924-1992 (2)
  • Xarhis, Jerry John, 1924-1981 (2)
  • Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993 (1)
  • Bailey, Jack (1)
  • Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Bauduc, Ray (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (1)
  • Cassidy, Beverly (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Cowan, Rex (1)
  • Crawford, Captain Bob (1)
  • Dagley, Lena (1)
  • Dein, Eddie (1)
  • Dexter, Pat (1)
  • Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975 (1)
  • Dragon, Carmen (1)
  • Durr, Elvin (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Eberle, Ray (1)
  • Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005 (1)
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Falkenburg, Jinx, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Gaillard, Slim (1)
  • Gibson, Evelyn (Game show contestant) (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gowans, Brad (1)
  • Grey, Carolyn, 1922- (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Kratoska, Herb, 1913-1975 (1)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Lamare, Nappy (1)
  • Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996 (1)
  • Maxwell, Marilyn (1)
  • May, Billy (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Nichols, Bobby (Trumpet player) (1)
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (1)
  • Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Norvo, Red (1)
  • O'Connor, Rod (1)
  • O'Shea, Michael, 1906-1973 (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Pingitore, Mike (1)
  • Polo, Danny (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Rockman, Billie (1)
  • Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973 (1)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (1)
  • Sherock, Shorty, 1915-1980 (1)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (1)
  • Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (136)
  • 1945 (64)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • (-) 1950 (206)

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