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Alberta Adams

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Blues vocalist Alberta Adams holds a microphone to her mouth with her right hand. She wears a sweater with bead and crystal appliques, rings on all...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue Sky

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Blue Sky, a Kansas City blues band comprised of one African American woman and four white men, stand in front of an industrial machine. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burning Spear

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Jamaican reggae vocalist Burning Spear is in the center of a sculpted circle in front of a brick wall and an apartment building with four of his band...

Date Published
1985
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Dee Dee Sharp

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R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears a blouse under a vest. Printed on the bottom of the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dee Dee Sharp

Image

R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. She wears drop earrings and a dark sweater with sparkles on it...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Gloria Ellington

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Gloria Ellington, Financial Counselor with Children's Mercy Hospital, standing by a wall next to some artwork for a photo.

Date Published
1984
1985
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Linda Shell

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Linda Shell, blues singer, looks up slightly at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Miss Ida McBeth

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Miss Ida McBeth, local blues and jazz singer, laughs as she stands in her stage costume and looks at the camera.

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Miss Linda Shell

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Miss Linda Shell, blues singer, leans back against a wall in a booth and puts her legs up on the bench as she grins toward the camera. She wears a...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Other Woman

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The Other Woman, comprised of five African American women, stand in a group wearing different pieces of zoot suit style pinstripe, double-breasted...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Priscilla Bowman

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Priscilla Bowman, a jazz and rhythm and blues singer from Kansas City, Kansas, smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph in front of a...

Date Published
1985
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Queen Ida

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Queen Ida, zydeco accordion player and singer, grins as she plays an accordion in a close-up photograph. She wears a headband. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Rachel Riley

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Comedienne Rachel Riley smiles at the camera as she holds both hands up away from her shoulders and give a backwards peace sign. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1985
  • African American women

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (12)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Publicity photographs (11)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (13)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Singers (8)
  • Blues musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Comedians (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Jamaicans (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Zydeco musicians (1)
  • (-) African American women (14)

Subjects, People

  • Gamble, Dee Dee Sharp (2)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (2)
  • Adams, Alberta (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Burning Spear, 1948- (1)
  • Ellington, Gloria (1)
  • Ida, Queen (1)
  • McBeth, Ida (1)
  • Riley, Rachel (Comedienne) (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (7)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • (-) 1985 (14)

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