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After hours session

Image

Publicity photo of Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman on clarinet) with Gene Krupa (drums), Buck Clayton (trumpet), George Duvivier (bass), Teddy Wilson...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Babes in Toyland

Image

Lines of people dressed as toy soldiers stand in front of a castle set for a production of Babes in Toyland.

Date Published
1955
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Benno Rabinof and Paul Creston looking over a score

Image

Autographed photo of Benno Rabinof and Paul Creston looking over a score.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Buck Clayton performing during filming

Image

Publicity photo of Buck Clayton performing a trumpet solo during a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film The Benny Goodman...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton solo during filming

Image

Publicity photo of Buck Clayton performing a trumpet solo during filming for The Benny Goodman Story; Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) is standing at...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck playing trumpet for The Benny Goodman Story

Image

Buck Clayton on trumpet for the film The Benny Goodman Story.

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn

Image

Carl Bergner, Paul Creston, and Martin Katahn talking and looking at music on a stand at the Hartt School, Hartford, Connecticut.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Carmen Carrozza, Paul Creston, and unidentified Sand Accordian representative shaking hands

Image

Carmen Carrozza, Paul Creston, and unidentified Sand Accordion representative shaking hands standing next to an accordion.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Composers visiting Victor Herbert's grave

Image

Unidentified man, Stanley Adams, Irving Caesar, unidentified man, Paul Creston; at the grave of Victor Herbert.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Crests

Image

Publicity photo of the Crests featuring Patricia Vandross, Johnny Maestro, J.T. Carter, Talmoudge Gough, and Harold Torres.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Dave Dexter and Norman Newell

Image

Dave Dexter and Norman Newell holding a record featuring Laurie London. Dexter is wearing a striped tee shirt and Newell is wearing a black suit.

Date Published
1955
1960
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter at a banquet table with an unidentified group

Image

Dave Dexter seated third from right and dining at a banquet table with an unidentified group.

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

Dave Dexter at a banquet table with an unidentified group

Image

Dave Dexter seated second from right behind a banquet table covered with plates and glasses with an unidentified group.

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

Dave Dexter listening to a recording with two unidentified men

Image

Dave Dexter sitting in the center with two unidentified white men listening to a recording. All are seated at a studio machine with turntables.

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

Dave Dexter with an unidentified man and woman

Image

Dave Dexter seated far right with an unidentified man and woman against a wall with a large painting.

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

Dave Dexter with four unidentified Capitol Records staff

Image

Dave Dexter seated at the far left with four unidentified Capitol Records staff reviewing documents at a table.

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

Dave Dexter, Stan Freberg, and a group of unidentified men

Image

Dave Dexter, Stan Freberg and a group of unidentified men grouped in front of a large painting. Dexter is seated second from right and Freberg is...

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

Filming the Benny Goodman Story

Image

Publicity shot showing the filming crew and audience as Steve Allen (as Benny Goodman) performs with the band in a reenactment of the 1938 Carnegie...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Firehouse Five Plus Two

Image

Firehouse Five Plus Two standing in front of a firetruck. Seven unidentified musicians are holding various instruments.

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

Firehouse Five Plus Two

Image

Firehouse Five Plus Two wildly playing their instruments. Two musicians are kneeling, one is sitting to play drums, another is sitting while playing...

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

Firehouse Five Plus Two

Image

Firehouse Five Plus Two posing in front of storefront. Seven unidentified musicians are holding various instruments. Two are kneeling and the others...

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

Firehouse Five Plus Two

Image

Firehouse Five Plus Two playing in front of a firetruck. Seven unidentified musicians are playing various instruments.

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

Fox Midwest Management staff

Image

Fox Midwest Management staff.

Date Published
1945
1955
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles

Image

Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles speaking in a recording studio. Sinatra is wearing a light colored suit and hat, looking forward with his hands in his...

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

General Robert E. Wood with L. Perry Cookingham at the opening of the All State Insurance Building

Image

General Robert E. Wood on right, talking with L. Perry Cookingham and two unidentified men all in suits and ties at the opening of the All State...

Date Published
1955
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (23)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (20)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (17)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (16)
  • Paul Creston Collection (14)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (4)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (98)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (97)
  • Gelatin silver prints (97)
  • Portrait photographs (73)
  • Snapshots (65)
  • Publicity photographs (28)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Portraits (1)
  • Stereographs (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (98)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (79)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (24)
  • Men, White (20)
  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Politicians (16)
  • Trumpet players (16)
  • African American men (15)
  • Jazz musicians, White (15)
  • Composers (14)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (12)
  • Families (9)
  • Actors (7)
  • Sound studios (7)
  • Big bands (6)
  • Clarinetists (6)
  • Trombonists (5)
  • Art, African (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Saxophonists (4)
  • Statues (4)
  • City managers (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women singers (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Armed Forces--Officers (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Folk art (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Labor unions (1)
  • Lyricists (1)
  • Management (1)
  • Motion picture cameras (1)
  • Musical films (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Public relations (1)
  • Sepulchral monuments (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Special events (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Vocal groups (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (12)
  • Fort McCoy (Wis.) (1)
  • Hartford (Conn.) (1)
  • Princeton (N.J.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (17)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (15)
  • Bolling, Richard, 1916-1991 (14)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (14)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (12)
  • Dexter, Dave (9)
  • Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 (6)
  • Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 (6)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (3)
  • Green, Urbie (3)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (3)
  • Bennett, Tony, 1926- (2)
  • Duvivier, George (2)
  • Getz, Stan, 1927-1991 (2)
  • Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973 (2)
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (2)
  • Adams, Stanley, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Almeida, Laurindo (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Averback, Hy (1)
  • Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bergner, Carl, 1930-2000 (1)
  • Blanc, Mel (1)
  • Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996 (1)
  • Carrozza, Carmen (1)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Clooney, Rosemary (1)
  • Creston, Louise (1)
  • Dexter, Mickey (1)
  • Donahue, Sam (1)
  • Elman, Ziggy (1)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Gortikov, Stanley (1)
  • Gould, Morton, 1913-1996 (1)
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (1)
  • Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 (1)
  • Jackson, Jill (1)
  • Jessel, George, 1898-1981 (1)
  • Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980 (1)
  • London, Laurie, 1944- (1)
  • McCormack, John W., 1891-1980 (1)
  • Miller, Sy (1)
  • Newell, Norman (1)
  • Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985 (1)
  • Plinger, Elmer (1)
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976 (1)
  • Rabinof, Benno (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (1)
  • Rogers, M. Robert (1)
  • Ronell, Ann (1)
  • Scott, Walter R. (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Vogel, Adolph (1)
  • Wallichs, Glenn (1)
  • Watt, Graham W. (1)
  • Wilson, Teddy, 1912-1986 (1)
  • Wood, Harley (1)
  • Wood, Robert E. (Robert Elkington), 1879-1969 (1)

Date Published

  • 1960 (37)
  • 1951 (32)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • (-) 1955 (98)

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