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125th St in Harlem, New York

Image

125th Street in Harlem; Harlem, New York.

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

Advertising a Basie performance

Image

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

Aerial shot of Chin Lee

Image

Aerial shot of Chin Lee's.

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

Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Sy Oliver's band in Harlem, New York.

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

Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring the Mills Brothers and the Andy Kirk Band in Harlem, New York.

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

Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Arnett Cobb's' band and Sid Catlet's band in Harlem, New York.

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

Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.

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

Crowd outside a theater

Image

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

Image

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

Don Tiff, Max Tiff, and two others

Image

Don Tiff (second from left) with Max Tiff (right) walking down a sidewalk with two unidentified white men. All wearing matching suits and Don Tiff has...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Don Tiff 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: 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

Earl Carrow Theatre building

Image

The Earl Carrow Theatre building in Los Angeles, California.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

East side of Children's Mercy Hospital

Image

View of the east side of Children's Mercy Hospital at 520 Woodland. Sidewalk and trees seen in the foreground.

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

Easter Bunny statue

Image

Large statue of the Easter Bunny on the lawn at 527 Woodland, Children's Mercy Hospital. There's a low wire fence around it and large eggs on the...

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

Easter Bunny statue

Image

Large statue of the Easter Bunny on the lawn at 527 Woodland, Children's Mercy Hospital. There's a low wire fence around it and large eggs on the...

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

George Washington Carver Museum, Tuskegee, Alabama

Image

George Washington Carver Museum in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Graduate standing on the sidewalk

Image

An unidentified African American man smiles as he wears a cap and gown for graduation day, probably at Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduates proceeding to the ceremony

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A single-file procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk in front of a brick building with a stone base...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduation ceremony processional

Image

A single-file procession of African American students in graduation caps and gowns walk down a sidewalk with other men and women in suits in front of...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley 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

Jack Dempsey's bar

Image

Exterior shot of Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar at night.

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

Man and woman standing next to a building

Image

Woman and man with arms around each other's waists, wearing dress suits, standing next to a building. Painted on the building is: "5 Dr. W. Robley."

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man in cap and gown standing on the lawn of the seminary on graduation day

Image

An unidentified African American man stands with an open graduation gown while wearing a cap and stole on graduation day, probably at Western Baptist...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man standing on the sidewalk outside the seminary

Image

An unidentified African American man smiles as he stands on the sidewalk outside the seminary building on graduation day, probably at Western Baptist...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (27)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (7)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (6)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (3)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
  • Ted Malone Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Don Tiff Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (48)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (48)
  • Black & white photographs (45)
  • Snapshots (43)
  • Cityscape photographs (29)
  • Architectural photographs (27)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Aerial photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (22)

Subjects

  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (20)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (16)
  • Streets (9)
  • African American men (7)
  • Marquees (6)
  • Men, White (6)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Academic costume (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • Pedestrians (4)
  • College graduates (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Easter Bunny (2)
  • Easter decorations (2)
  • Fences (2)
  • Hotels (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Statues (2)
  • Aerial views (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Botanists (1)
  • Bunting (Cloth) (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Coffee shops (1)
  • Couples (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Execution sites (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Girders (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Motorcycle racing (1)
  • Motorcycles (1)
  • Museums (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Parks (1)
  • Police (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Snow (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Street life (1)
  • Streetscapes (Urban design) (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • (-) Buildings (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (15)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (10)
  • New York (N.Y.) (5)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Malmédy (Belgium) (1)
  • Milan (Italy) (1)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) (1)
  • Piazzale Loreto (Milan, Italy) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)
  • Tuskegee (Ala.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Garrison, Arv (1)
  • Garry, Vivien (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)
  • Tiff, Max (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (49)
  • (-) 1950 (49)

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