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Al Martino

Image

Publicity photo of singer Al Martino looking forward and smiling. Martino is wearing a pinstripe suit and striped tie.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

André Persiany

Image

André Persiany seated in a recording studio with a cigarette in his mouth and facing the left.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ann Baker

Image

Headshot of Ann Baker in a 3/4 turn, smiling, and wearing large earrings, a metal necklace, and a suit jacket.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Anne Rutledge

Image

Signed portrait of Anne Rutledge.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Art Blakey

Image

Headshot of Art Blakey turtleneck sweater and looking to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

ASCAP members and families at formal function

Image

Louise Creston (far left), Paul Creston (second from left), Mrs. Maurice Honigman (third from left), Stanley Adams (fourth from left), Martin Bookspan...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Barbara Bolling with three unidentified women

Image

Barbara Bolling sitting on the left with three unidentified women at an unknown event. All four women are arranging flowers.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Bart Varsalona

Image

Bart Varsalona playing the trombone while in the ocean water at the beach. Varsalona is chest deep in water and facing to the side.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bass player

Image

An unidentified double bass player, possibly Larry Gales, performing.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bassist Jerry Evans

Image

Jerry Evans with hand on the neck of his bass as if playing; he's wearing a suit and leaning in toward the right.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Berle Adams talking on the phone

Image

A candid photograph of Berle Adams in a suit, seated at desk, turned and looking behind himself while talking on the phone.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bettye Miller in a hotel room

Image

Bettye Miller standing next to a large television set in a hotel room. She's wearing a black dress with pearls and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bill & Lucy Ross - Stage Mgr.

Image

Bill Ross in suit and tie and Lucy Ross in black dress with white trimmed bow dancing at unknown location.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Bill Leeds and an unidentified man work in the WDAF station

Image

Bill Leeds (right) and an unidentified man (left) work at the WDAF station. Leeds smokes a cigarette. The unidentified man drinks a bottle of Coca...

Date Published
1951
1965
Member of
Walt Bodine Collection

Bishop Fulton Sheen

Image

Bishop Fulton Sheen.

Date Published
1951
1957
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Blossom Dearie

Image

Headshot of Blossom Dearie facing forward and resting her head on one hand. Dearie is wearing a jacket and turtleneck sweater.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Brookmeyer in front of a house

Image

Bob Brookmeyer seated outside a house posing for a photo. An unidentified man is walking along a dirt path in the background.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer playing tennis

Image

Bob Brookmeyer on a tennis court holding up a racket above his head. He's shirtless and wearing shorts.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Bob Brookmeyer seated

Image

Bob Brookmeyer seated in a chair with hands folded in his lap and legs crossed. A tapestry is on the wall behind him. He is looking over to the left...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Boy holding Easter basket by Easter Bunny statue

Image

Little white boy smiling and holding an Easter basket in his left hand and a stuffed animal in his right while standing in front of a statue of the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Boy in traction playing in his bed

Image
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Young white boy with legs bandaged and in traction sitting on his hospital bed playing with a toy xylophone and a toy truck next to him.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Boy standing near large Easter Bunny statue

Image

Little white boy smiling and standing on the hospital lawn on one side of a mesh fence with a large statue of the Easter Bunny on the other.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Boy weaving at a counterbalance loom

Image

White boy patient standing at a counterbalance loom, weaving, as part of his occupational therapy for muscle re-education.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (56)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (39)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (38)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (38)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (33)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (27)
  • Ed Dix Collection (24)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (11)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (9)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (8)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (7)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (6)
  • Paul Creston Collection (6)
  • Allan Bell Collection (4)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (4)
  • Mclean Family Collection (3)
  • Ted Malone Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (320)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (298)
  • Gelatin silver prints (295)
  • Snapshots (154)
  • Publicity photographs (83)
  • Group portraits (77)
  • Color photographs (25)
  • Film transparencies (23)
  • Stereographs (23)
  • Portraits (4)
  • Reproductions (3)
  • Contact sheets (1)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Silver printing-out paper prints (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (323)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (281)
  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • 1961-1970 (5)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (99)
  • African American jazz musicians (50)
  • Men, White (50)
  • Jazz musicians, White (48)
  • Women, White (33)
  • African American men (26)
  • Children, White (26)
  • Children--Hospital care (26)
  • Hospital patients (26)
  • Politicians (26)
  • Trumpet players (21)
  • Jazz singers (20)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (19)
  • Boys (18)
  • Pianists (18)
  • Actors (17)
  • Saxophonists (16)
  • African American women (14)
  • Girls (13)
  • City managers (12)
  • Hospital beds (11)
  • Women singers (11)
  • Composers (10)
  • Piano (10)
  • Band directors (8)
  • Theaters (8)
  • Toddlers (8)
  • Autographs (7)
  • Microphone (7)
  • Musicians (7)
  • Parties (7)
  • Sound studios (7)
  • Costume (6)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (6)
  • Saxophone (6)
  • Theatrical makeup (6)
  • Buildings (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Lakes (5)
  • Male singers (5)
  • Toys (5)
  • Actresses (4)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Bandages and bandaging (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Cribs (Children's furniture) (4)
  • Dolls (4)
  • Double bass (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (4)
  • Nurses (4)
  • Special events (4)
  • Statues (4)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • African American children (3)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Chairs (3)
  • Christmas decorations (3)
  • Clubs (3)
  • Dancers (3)
  • Desks (3)
  • Dinners and dining (3)
  • Docks (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Express highways--Design and construction (3)
  • Gifts (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Radio talk show hosts (3)
  • Soldiers (3)
  • Trumpet (3)
  • Violinists (3)
  • African American singers (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Bathing suits (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Boats and boating (2)
  • Crutches (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Easter Bunny (2)
  • Eyeglasses (2)
  • Fences (2)
  • Hospital administrators (2)
  • Hospital buildings (2)
  • Mayors (2)
  • Middle-aged men (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Office furniture (2)
  • Orthopedic braces (2)
  • Physicians (2)
  • Pipe smokers (2)
  • Public service radio programs (2)
  • Radio broadcasting (2)
  • Radio personalities (2)
  • Radio stations (2)
  • Secretaries (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Smoking (2)
  • Surgical plaster casts (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Telephone (2)
  • Tobacco pipes (2)
  • Trucks--Models (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Advertising (1)
  • African American girls (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Aprons (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Authors, American (1)
  • Balloon decorations (1)
  • Balls (Sporting goods) (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Barns (1)
  • Beaches (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Bishops (1)
  • Blankets (1)
  • Board games (1)
  • Boxes (1)
  • Broadcasting (1)
  • Burns and scalds--Patients (1)
  • Businessmen (1)
  • Carnival (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Clarinet (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Daughters (1)
  • Diapers (1)
  • Disc jockeys (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Easter decorations (1)
  • Easter eggs (1)
  • Ex-presidents (1)
  • Fishing (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Folk art (1)
  • Fruit (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Handicraft for children (1)
  • Headphones (1)
  • Hides and skins (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Horse shows (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Household linens (1)
  • Hydrotherapy for children (1)
  • Interviewing on radio (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Kitchens (1)
  • Lawn chairs (1)
  • Looms (1)
  • Magicians (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Medical laboratories (1)
  • Medical laboratory technology (1)
  • Medical technologists (1)
  • Men's clothing (1)
  • Military uniforms (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Music critics (1)
  • Music publishers (1)
  • Natural history museum curators (1)
  • Necklaces (1)
  • Newspaper editors (1)
  • Newspapers (1)
  • Occupational therapy for children (1)
  • Office parties (1)
  • Orthopedic traction (1)
  • Orthopedic traction--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Pajamas (1)
  • Parks (1)
  • Party decorations (1)
  • Physical therapy for children (1)
  • Piggy banks (1)
  • Posters (1)
  • Presidents (1)
  • Press conferences (1)
  • Projectors (1)
  • Quilts (1)
  • Radio (1)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Reporters and reporting (1)
  • Residents (Medicine) (1)
  • Restraint of patients (1)
  • Robes (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Soft drinks (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Sweaters (1)
  • Tangerine (1)
  • Tap dancers (1)
  • Telephone--Private branch exchanges (1)
  • Telephone operators (1)
  • Telephone switchboards (1)
  • Television--Receivers and reception (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)
  • Television talk show hosts (1)
  • Tennis courts (1)
  • Tennis players (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Textile crafts (1)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Toy instruments (1)
  • Trusts and trustees (1)
  • Vacations (1)
  • Weaving (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • Xylophone (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (15)
  • Washington (D.C.) (14)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (3)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (2)
  • Estes Park (Colo.) (1)
  • Estes Park Region (Colo.) (1)
  • Las Vegas (Nev.) (1)
  • Mobile (Ala.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Tulsa (Okla.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (16)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (16)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (15)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (14)
  • Durrett, Warren (13)
  • Dexter, Dave (12)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (6)
  • Maye, Marilyn (6)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (6)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (4)
  • Dix, Mary (4)
  • Jones, Morton T., 1892- (4)
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (4)
  • Anthony, Ray, 1922- (3)
  • Barton, Eileen (3)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (3)
  • Brookmeyer, Bob, 1929-2011 (3)
  • Hammond, John, 1910-1987 (3)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (3)
  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 (3)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (2)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (2)
  • Chambers, Stanley (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (2)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (2)
  • Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B. (2)
  • Griddine, Eugene (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (2)
  • Olivette, Nina, -1993 (2)
  • Phillips, Cora (2)
  • Phillips, Nodie (2)
  • Ramsdell, Susan Dix (2)
  • Richards, Red (2)
  • Ward, Clara, 1924-1973 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Adams, Berle (1)
  • Adams, Stanley, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Allen, Barbara Jo, 1906-1974 (1)
  • Almeida, Laurindo (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Atkins, Chet (1)
  • Baker, Ann (Anna Rose) (1)
  • Baker, Buddy, 1918-2002 (1)
  • Baker, Eugene Locke (Gene), 1910-1981 (1)
  • Bales, Ruby (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Baxter, Les, 1922-1996 (1)
  • Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928- (1)
  • Bergendoff, R.N. (1)
  • Blakey, Art, 1919-1990 (1)
  • Blanc, Mel (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Bregman, Jack (1)
  • Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012 (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Bushkin, Joe (1)
  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (1)
  • Cato, Roy (1)
  • Cecil, Chuck, 1922- (1)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Cheatham, Shirley (1)
  • Clooney, Rosemary (1)
  • Cokingtin, Leo (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Colmer, William Meyers, 1890-1980 (1)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Cornwell, Robert A. (1)
  • Cowles, Dean (1)
  • Dagley, Lena (1)
  • Dagmar, 1921-2001 (1)
  • Davis, Harry S. (Harry Scott), 1897-1980 (1)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (1)
  • Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 (1)
  • Day, Dennis, 1916-1988 (1)
  • Dearie, Blossom (1)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (1)
  • Dexter, Mickey (1)
  • Donahue, Sam (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fowler, Richard B., 1902-1978 (1)
  • Gage, John B. (John Bailey), 1887- (1)
  • Gales, Lary (1)
  • Garroway, Dave, 1913-1982 (1)
  • Gavin, Ruth (1)
  • Gavin, Thomas J. (1)
  • Goode, Jack (1)
  • Gray, Wardell, 1921-1955 (1)
  • Green, Bill (Double bassist) (1)
  • Gutowski, Erma (1)
  • Hall, Herb, 1907-1996 (1)
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (1)
  • Harris, Roy, 1898-1979 (1)
  • Hennings, Thomas C. (Thomas Carey), Jr., 1903-1960 (1)
  • Hewitt, Roland B. (1)
  • Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 (1)
  • Jerome, Jerry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Jessee, Randall, 1914-1976 (1)
  • Jessel, George, 1898-1981 (1)
  • Johnson, Jean (Medical technologist) (1)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
  • Jones, Spike, 1911-1965 (1)
  • Jordan, Alonzo F. (1)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (1)
  • King, Teddi (1)
  • Koerper, Ferol (1)
  • Koerper, Karl, 1901-1957 (1)
  • Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980 (1)
  • Kuehn, Selma (1)
  • La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 (1)
  • Lamb, Gil, 1904-1995 (1)
  • Leeds, Bill (1)
  • Lovett, Baby (1)
  • MacVeigh, Earle (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)
  • Martino, Al (1)
  • McCauley, Joseph (1)
  • McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 (1)
  • Messer, Don, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Miller, Big (1)
  • Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh), 1909-1992 (1)
  • Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964 (1)
  • Moore, Gary (1)
  • Murphy, Turk (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Persiany, André (1)
  • Phillips, Philip R., 1903-1992 (1)
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976 (1)
  • Price, Sammy (1)
  • Priest, J. Percy (James Percy), 1900-1956 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
  • Rhoden, Elmer C., 1893-1981 (1)
  • Richardson, Katharine, 1858-1933 (1)
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (1)
  • Rutledge, Anne (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Shavers, Charlie, 1917-1971 (1)
  • Shaw, Joan (Vocalist) (1)
  • Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John), 1895-1979 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Smight, Bryce B. (Bryce Byram), 1878-1962 (1)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)
  • Sparkman, John, 1899-1985 (1)
  • Spense, Brent, 1874-1967 (1)
  • Starr, James Lee (1)
  • Starr, John Philip (1)
  • Starr, John Wilbur, 1905-2000 (1)
  • Starr, Kay (1)
  • Starr, Martha Jane, 1906-2011 (1)
  • Stermecker, Jeanne (1)
  • Thurlow, Janet (1)
  • Tucker, Jimmy (Musician) (1)
  • Varsalona, Bart (1)
  • Veile, Jay (1)
  • Vinson, Eddie (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • Whitton, Rex Marion, 1898-1981 (1)
  • Woods, Georgie (1)
  • Worth, Coley (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (215)
  • 1955 (65)
  • 1959 (14)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1957 (2)
  • 1958 (2)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • (-) 1951 (323)

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