Art Tatum playing piano in a recording studio with unidentified people in the background watching. Tatum is looking ahead and smiling, wearing a light...
Mr. Kitzel (Artie Auerbach, featured comedian of the Jack Benny Show) seems to have charmed an extra long hot dog into performing for his customers...
Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter looking at artifacts taken by Shaw during his service tour in the South Pacific. Shaw is wearing a formal armed services...
Artie Shaw and Dave Dexter holding a Japanese flag covered in writing. Shaw is holding a cigarette and wearing a formal armed services suit and tie...
Dave Dexter standing at a podium and looking down with Artie Shaw standing at the left. Two unidentified men are seated at the table.
Dave Dexter standing at a podium and looking down with Artie Shaw sitting to the left. Two unidentified men are also seated at the table.
Artie Shaw looking forward and smiling while sitting. Shaw is wearing a patterned suit jacket and tie.
An unidentified African American man walking on a beach, most likely Missouri Avenue Beach, Atlantic City, NJ.
A photograph from above of Baby Dodds playing drums during a studio session. Dodds is seated and looking down while holding drum sticks up.
Back shade covered brick patio of 809 W. 69th St., Kansas City, MO showing patio furniture including tables, chairs, and lounge.
Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...
Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Oscar Levant, and Slim Gaillard standing shoulder to shoulder. All are wearing dark suits and smiling. Gaillard is holding...
Poster advertising services for Douglass State Bank; services include "Checking accounts, 1 1/2% interest paid on savings accounts, Safe deposit boxes...
Banner advertising the Mercy Hospital-Century Club Charity Bowling Tournament at Sackin's Recreation. The sign hangs over the bowling lanes and...
Composite photo of unknown banquet; Bluford sits at the far right of a table facing the camera in the upper left portion of the photo. Attendees of...
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...
African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...
Ben Webster resting his left hand on his saxophone with his right hand out the window; no suit jacket and his fedora brim turned up.
Dave Dexter, Tommy Dorsey, and an unidentified man standing behind Benny Carter and Al Jarvis. All are looking at Jarvis, seated next to a KLAC...
Benny Goodman seated at a dining table at the Palladium in Hollywood, California, speaking with an unidentified white man. Goodman is holding a...
Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...
Benny Goodman and Lawrence McLean with two unidentified men in an office or studio. Goodman is playing a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is...
Benny Goodman with Lawrence McLean in an office or studio. Goodman is holding a clarinet while looking forward. McLean is standing on the left. Both...
Benny Morton seated on a window sill wearing a white t-shirt.
Benny Morton sitting on the window sill talking on the telephone.
