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"'Tiny Hill' America's Biggest Band Leader"

Image

Publicity photo of Tiny Hill leaning forward and looking up to the side while smiling. Hill is wearing a light colored jacket and tie. A caption reads...

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

André Previn

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Headshot of André Previn looking to the side with a neutral expression. Previn is wearing a light colored suit jacket and patterned tie.

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

Benny Goodman and an unidentified man at the Palladium

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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

Bobby Sherwood

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Publicity photo of Bobby Sherwood sitting on the back of a chair looking up and to the side. Sherwood is resting both hands on the back of the chair...

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

Bobby Sherwood

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Headshot of Bobby Sherwood looking to the side and smiling. Sherwood is wearing a black suit and black tie.

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

Carmen Dragon conducting

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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

Co-ed group on the steps of Western Seminary

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An unidentified African American co-ed group photograph on the steps of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. In...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley 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

Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Gene Norman

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Dave Dexter, Benny Goodman, and Gene Norman looking over papers by a microphone in KFWB studio. Dexter is holding the paper and looking down. Goodman...

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

Dave Rose

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Dave Rose conducting a studio orchestra for the program "California Melodies." Rose is sitting in front of a podium and holding a conducting baton...

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

Dinah Shore and Paul Whiteman

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Dinah Shore and Paul Whiteman hugging each other and looking forward while smiling. Shore is wearing a white dress with a floral print and Whiteman is...

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

Freddy Martin and Pat Erickson

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Freddy Martin and Pat Erickson holding a record while talking. Martin is wearing a plaid suit. Erickson is wearing a t-shirt with musical notation...

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

Hoagy Carmichael holding award

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Hoagy Carmichael standing behind a bar, resting his arms on the bar and holding an award. The back wall is checkered and covered in drawings.

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

Jimmy Dorsey playing saxophone

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A slightly out of focus photograph from the side of Jimmy Dorsey playing clarinet. Dorsey is wearing a tuxedo and looking to the side.

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

Jimmy Dorsey playing saxophone

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A photograph from below of Jimmy Dorsey playing saxophone on stage with an unidentified musician in the back. Dorsey is wearing a tuxedo and is facing...

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

John Scott Trotter

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John Scott Trotter standing at a conducting podium holding a baton in one hand and wearing studio headphones while looking down at music with an...

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

Lennie Hayton conducting

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Photograph from the side of Lennie Hayton conducting in front of an unidentified musician. Hayton is holding one arm up and to the side while looking...

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

Leopold Stokowski

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Leopold Stokowski sitting and speaking with an unidentified white man and woman. Stokowski is on the right, holding a glass and smiling while the...

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

Lloyd Shaffer conducting musicians and singers along with Perry Como

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Perry Como, standing second from left, Lloyd Shaffer, conducting at the podium, and an unidentified group of musicians and singers with Paula Kelly at...

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

Lloyd Shaffer conducting musicians and singers along with Perry Como

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Lloyd Shaffer conducting an unidentified group of musicians and singers along with Perry Como and Paula Kelly during a recording session for...

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

Matt Dennis

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Matt Dennis standing over a piano looking forward and smiling. Dennis is in a studio with music paper and pencil in hand.

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

Maurice Abravenel conducting

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Maurice Abravanel conducting with baton raised at the podium wearing tuxedo with white bowtie. Audience is out of focus in the background.

Date Published
1946
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter

Image

Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter talking with an unidentified man. Whiteman is wearing a pinstripe suit and Dexter is wearing a tweed jacket.

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

Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter

Image

Paul Whiteman and Dave Dexter standing against a recording studio wall and looking at each other while smiling. Whiteman is wearing a pinstripe suit...

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

Paul Whiteman and Mike Pingitore with unidentified musicians

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Paul Whiteman standing fourth from left and Mike Pingitore standing second from right in a recording studio with other unidentified musicians.

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

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (28)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Paul Creston Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (30)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (30)
  • Gelatin silver prints (30)
  • Portrait photographs (28)
  • Snapshots (19)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Publicity photographs (11)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (30)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Composers (8)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (4)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Choral conductors (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Orchestra (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Conductors (Music) (30)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (4)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (4)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (2)
  • Dorsey, Jimmy, 1904-1957 (2)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (2)
  • Shaffer, Lloyd (2)
  • Sherwood, Bobby (2)
  • Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 (2)
  • Abravanel, Maurice, 1903-1993 (1)
  • Beneke, Tex (1)
  • Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981 (1)
  • Crosby, Bob, 1913-1993 (1)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (1)
  • Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975 (1)
  • Dragon, Carmen (1)
  • Erickson, Pat (1)
  • Hatch, William A. (1)
  • Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971 (1)
  • Hill, Tiny (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Norman, Gene (1)
  • Pingitore, Mike (1)
  • Previn, André, 1929- (1)
  • Rose, David, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 (1)
  • Trotter, John Scott (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (27)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1946 (1)
  • (-) 1950 (30)

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