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Billy Lee Riley

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Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, turns his head to the left and rests his chin on the curled fingers of his right...

Date Published
1956
1960
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men

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Billy Lee Riley and the Original Little Green Men, a rockabilly band comprised of four white men, grin as they sit, stand or crouch in a corner. One...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Damon Transcribing Facilities on the job

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Crowd gathered around representatives of Damon Transcription Laboratory, who are doing a live remote recording from Union Station, Kansas City.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in a promotional shot for the film "Pardners".

Date Published
1956
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Fine broadcasting studios available for your recordings

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Recording/broadcasting studio with piano and microphone at Damon Transcribing Facilities.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Hugh O'Brian, John Lupton, and Clint Walker in cowboy costumes

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Hugh O'Brian (left), star of the television show "Wyatt Earp", John Lupton (center), star of the television show "Broken Arrow", and Clint Walker...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Postcard for the Warren Durrett Orchestra with Marilyn Mayes

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Promotional postcard. On left, headshot of Marilyn Maye with text below: "Marilyn Mayes [sic] - vocals." On right, headshot of Warren Durrett...

Date Published
1951
1956
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

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Publicity photo of Paul Creston looking straight at camera, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

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Publicity photo of Paul Creston looking straight at camera, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Transcription Laboratory of Damon Sound Service

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Unidentified man operating record cutting lathe in the Transcription Laboratory of Damon Sound Service.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection
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  • 1956
  • Publicity photographs

Member of

  • Vic Damon Collection (3)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Paul Creston Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Postcards (1)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (10)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (10)
  • 1941-1950 (5)

Subjects

  • Men, White (4)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Composers (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Rockabilly musicians (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Sound engineers (2)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Pipe smokers (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, People

  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (2)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (2)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Janes, Roland (1)
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926- (1)
  • Lupton, John, 1928-1993 (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • Maye, Marilyn (1)
  • O'Brian, Hugh (1)
  • Pepper, Marvin (1)
  • Van Eaton, Jim (1)
  • Walker, Clint, 1927- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (3)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • (-) 1956 (10)

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