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Alfred Drake

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Publicity photo of Alfred Drake standing by ABC microphone, facing slightly to the side and holding a sheet of paper. Drake is wearing a checkered...

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

Andy Russell

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Andy Russell holding an unidentified crying child. Russell is looking forward and smiling, wearing a light colored jacket.

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

Andy Russell

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Andy Russell leaning forward and looking to the side while smiling. Russell is wearing a dark suit jacket and patterned tie.

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

Andy Russell

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Publicity photo of Andy Russell leaning forward and looking up while smiling. Russell is wearing a tweed jacket and patterned tie.

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

Andy Russell

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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 and fans

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Andy Russell signing autographs for fans at a Bloomingdale's store. Five unidentified women stand around Russell as he signs a photo. Russell is...

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

Andy Russell and Marion Hutton

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Marion Hutton sitting at a piano with an AFRS microphone hanging overhead. Andy Russell is holding papers and looking down while smiling.

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

Andy Russell in a crowd

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Andy Russell (foremost man, right) standing in a large crowd of men and women. Russell is looking forward and smiling with his eyes slightly closed...

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

Andy Russell playing drums

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Andy Russell playing drums while looking forward and smiling. Russell is holding drumsticks in both hands and wearing a white shirt and suspenders.

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

Andy Russell, Evelyn Gibson, and Jack Bailey

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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

Bob Graham

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Angled headshot of Bob Graham looking forward and smiling. Graham is wearing a light colored jacket and plaid shirt.

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

Bob Graham with microphone

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Publicity photo of Bob Graham looking forward and smiling, standing by a CBS microphone. Graham is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

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

Dave Dexter and Bob Crosby

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Dave Dexter, Bob Crosby, and an unidentified man in uniform [possibly Dick Dexter] standing shoulder to shoulder looking to the side.

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

Hal McIntyre, Tony Pastor, and Larry Clinton

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Hal McIntyre, Tony Pastor, and Larry Clinton sitting left to right, lighting cigarettes simultaneously with Pastor's lighter. All three are leaning in...

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

James Rushing

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Publicity photo of Jimmy Rushing looking up and smiling. Rushing is wearing a three-piece suit and patterned tie.

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

Jimmy Rushing

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Jimmy Rushing standing behind an AFRS microphone and looking forward while smiling during a broadcast of the program "Jubilee." Rushing is wearing a...

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

Leo Watson

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Leo Watson sitting in front of an AFRS microphone and looking up while shouting or grimacing. Watson is wearing a dark colored suit and tie.

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

Morton Downey

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Headshot of Morton Downey looking forward and smiling. Downey is wearing a dark suit and patterned tie.

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

Ray Herbeck and His "Music with Romance"

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Headshot of Ray Herbeck leaning forward, crossing his arms, and smiling. Herbeck is wearing a checkered jacket and black tie.

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

Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Headshot of Tennessee Ernie Ford looking forward and smiling. Ford is wearing a suit and striped tie.

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

Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette

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Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette looking over music in the studio. Ford and Bee are singing and looking forward at the...

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

Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette

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Tennessee Ernie Ford, Molly Bee, Dave Dexter, and Lee Gillette looking over music in the studio. Dexter is looking at Bee while talking and Bee is...

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

Tex Williams

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Publicity photo of Tex Williams looking up and smiling. Williams is wearing a checkered shirt and a scarf tied around his neck.

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

Tony Pastor and J. Blaer

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Tony Pastor and J. Blaer standing behind an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone. Pastor is looking forward and smiling with his hand around Blaer's...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1950
  • Male singers

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (24)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (24)
  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Portrait photographs (21)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Group portraits (10)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (24)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Actors (5)
  • Men, White (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Women singers (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Television game show hosts (1)
  • Television programs (1)
  • (-) Male singers (24)

Subjects, People

  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (9)
  • Dexter, Dave (3)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (3)
  • Bee, Molly (2)
  • Gillette, Leland James (2)
  • Graham, Bob (Singer) (2)
  • Pastor, Tony (2)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (2)
  • Bailey, Jack (1)
  • Clinton, Larry, 1909-1985 (1)
  • Crosby, Bob, 1913-1993 (1)
  • Downey, Morton, 1901-1985 (1)
  • Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992 (1)
  • Gibson, Evelyn (Game show contestant) (1)
  • Herbeck, Ray (1)
  • Hutton, Marion (1)
  • Kriegsmann, James J. (1)
  • McIntyre, Hal, -1959 (1)
  • Watson, Leo, 1898-1950 (1)
  • Williams, Tex (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (24)
  • (-) 1950 (24)

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