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Billy Lee Riley

Image

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

City Hostesses

Image

Two women identified as city hostesses, standing in front of a table with flowers and tea cups and saucers in office in City Hall with Union jack and...

Date Published
1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

City Hostesses at tea for British Ambassador

Image

Four women in office in city hall having tea, identified as city hostesses.

Date Published
1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Damon and unidentified man driving "Sound Bug" in Kansas City parade

Image

Vic Damon (right) and unidentified man driving the "Sound Bug," a novelty car with sound system advertising Damon Recording Studios; street scene...

Date Published
1952
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Damon Transcribing Facilities on the job

Image

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

Dave Dexter with Mr. And Mrs. Bill Morris in Rio

Image

Dave Dexter, standing on the left holding a travel bag, with Mr. And Mrs. Bill Morris, from EMI Records, in Rio de Janeiro. The tail end of a plane is...

Date Published
1956
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Image

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

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

Elmer C. Rhoden and Joseph Redmond

Image

Elmer C. Rhoden, playing banjo, and Joseph Redmond.

Date Published
1951
1956
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

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

Image

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

Jazz pianist, possibly Hank Jones

Image

Hank Jones looking down at lead sheets on piano.

Date Published
1956
1959
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

L. Perry Cookingham seated in chair

Image

L. Perry Cookingham seated in chair.

Date Published
1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

L. Perry Cookingham, H. Roe Bartle and Reed McKinley studying a model of the downtown loop

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L. Perry Cookingham pointing at model. Mayor H. Roe Bartle and Reed McKinley, director of public works studying a model of the downtown loop. All wear...

Date Published
1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

Image

Publicity photo of Paul Creston seated with hands resting on a chair, wearing dark suit with dark tie.

Date Published
1944
1956
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Publicity photo of Paul Creston

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon and unidentified man operating record cutting lathes

Image

Vic Damon (left, holding stopwatch) and unidentified man operating record cutting lathes.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon holding a 16" instantaneous-cut disc

Image

Vic Damon holding a 16" instantaneous-cut disc and standing next to record cutting lathes at Damon Recording Studios.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon operating equipment

Image

Vic Damon operating equipment at Damon Recording Studios.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection

Vic Damon operating record cutting lathe

Image

Vic Damon operating record cutting lathe.

Date Published
1941
1956
Member of
Vic Damon Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1956
  • Portrait photographs

Member of

  • Vic Damon Collection (7)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (4)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Paul Creston Collection (3)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (20)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (17)
  • Gelatin silver prints (17)
  • Group portraits (10)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Film transparencies (2)
  • Stereographs (2)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (20)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (19)
  • 1941-1950 (9)

Subjects

  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (6)
  • Sound engineers (6)
  • Composers (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • City managers (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Special events (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Roads--Design and construction (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Damon, Victor L., 1901-1974 (5)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (2)
  • Bartle, Harold Roe, 1901-1974 (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Jones, Hank, 1918-2010 (1)
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926- (1)
  • Lupton, John, 1928-1993 (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • McKinley, Reed (1)
  • O'Brian, Hugh (1)
  • Redmond, Joseph K., 1913-1996 (1)
  • Rhoden, Elmer C., 1893-1981 (1)
  • Riley, Billy Lee (1)
  • Walker, Clint, 1927- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (6)
  • 1944 (3)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1952 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • (-) 1956 (20)

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