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Advertising a Basie performance

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A sign at an unidentified venue advertising a performance of the Count Basie Orchestra with Pearl Bailey.

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

Banner for a charity bowling tournament

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Banner advertising the Mercy Hospital-Century Club Charity Bowling Tournament at Sackin's Recreation. The sign hangs over the bowling lanes and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Crowd outside a theater

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Nighttime shot of an unidentified theater marquee, likely in New York, advertising a performance of Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra along with Bing...

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

Crowds gather for a motorcycle race

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Large crowds of white men and women on both sides of a hay bale lined, paved road gathers at a bend in a race track while several people stand around...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Outside of the Capitol in Harlem

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Exterior shot of The Capitol jazz club with signs advertising an upcoming performance of Dizzy Gillespie, billed as America's Greatest Trumpet Star.

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

Outside the Onyx Club

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Exterior shot of the Onyx Club in Harlem at night with sign advertising upcoming performances by Vivien Garry, Teddy Kaye, Arv Garrison and the Jackie...

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

Outside the Tic-Toc

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Exterior shot of the Tic-Toc advertising a performance by Buck Clayton and his band.

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

Shirley Cookson by a brick wall

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Shirley Cookson posing for a photo near a brick wall. She's wearing jeans with rolled cuffs. Beside her is a metal advertising sign for "Hires R-J...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection

Ted Malone stands in front of a Murphy's Stout advertisement painted on a building

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Ted Malone stands on a sidewalk in front of a Murphy's Stout beer sign painted on a building wall in Mallow, Ireland. He wears a hat and suit with a...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1950
  • Signs and signboards

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Architectural photographs (5)
  • Cityscape photographs (5)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Group portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (4)

Subjects

  • Buildings (6)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Advertising (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Marquees (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bowling--Tournaments (1)
  • Bowling alleys (1)
  • Brick walls (1)
  • Brick wall signs (1)
  • Charity (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Graffiti (1)
  • Motorcycle racing (1)
  • Motorcycles (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Stout (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Signs and signboards (9)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (3)
  • Mallow (Ireland) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cookson, Shirley (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Garrison, Arv (1)
  • Garry, Vivien (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (9)
  • (-) 1950 (9)

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