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Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen

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State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper and Ahmad Alaadeen laugh as they stand together at an unidentified venue and event..

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco grins as he plays the accordion in front of a gas pump at a rural gas station. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1986
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buckwheat Zydeco

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Accordionist Buckwheat Zydeco sits in a diner with the accordion on the table beside him. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Concerted...

Date Published
1986
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

David Daahoud Williams, Sonny Kenner, State Representative Cooper, Ahmad Alaadeen, Adolph Roulette, and Mayor Berkley

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David Daahoud Williams (mostly out of frame), Sonny Kenner (eyes closed), State Representative Bonnie Sue Cooper (looking over her left shoulder)...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a big band comprised of eight African American men standing and holding or playing their instruments in a paneled room with...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hubert Sumlin

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Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist, hugs the neck of a guitar to the side of his face and smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a light...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hubert Sumlin

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Hubert Sumlin, blues guitarist, hugs the neck of a guitar to the side of his face and smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears a fedora...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

In a circle at the GALA picnic

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Group of unidentified people (mostly white; one African American man) standing in a circle around two markers in the ground as part of a game at the...

Date Published
1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Jay McShann at his piano with unidentified man holding a tambourine

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Unidentified African American man with half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann who is leaning back to joke with him from his piano at Jazz...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified man holding a tambourine

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Unidentified African American man with half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann playing piano with microphone nearby at Jazz City (the Jazz...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified man singing and holding a tambourine

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Unidentified African American man singing and holding a half-moon tambourine seated next to Jay McShann playing piano at Jazz City (the Jazz City...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Kustom Kar Kommandos

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Kustom Kar Kommandos, an alternative rock band comprised of three white men and one African American man, sit in front of paned windows each wearing a...

Date Published
1989
1996
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Larry Davis

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Blues guitarist and vocalist Larry Davis laughs as he holds a guitar and stands behind a microphone He wears a three-piece pin-stripe suit. Printed in...

Date Published
1981
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

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Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their...

Date Published
1989
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials

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Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, a blues band comprised of two African American men and two white men, stand together and smile as they hold their...

Date Published
1989
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lucky Peterson

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Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, stands between the keyboards of an organ and a piano as he hugs the neck of an electric...

Date Published
1989
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Michael E. Johnson

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Michael E. Johnson, reggae singer for the Killer Bees, sings into a microphone he holds in his right hand. He's wearing a fingerless leather glove on...

Date Published
1989
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Nathan Williams

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Zydeco accordion player Nathan Williams rests his hand over the edge of the keyboard on an accordion that rests on his lap as he smiles at the camera...

Date Published
1989
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Nathan Williams (Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas)

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Zydeco accordionist Nathan Williams wears designer sunglasses and a light cowboy hat as he holds the keyboard of an accordion up by his face in a...

Date Published
1989
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Professor Eddie Lusk and Karen Carroll

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Chicago blues keyboard player Professor Eddie Lusk props his keyboard on its side on the ground and rests his right hand on it as he leans his left...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Yard Squad

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Yard Squad, a reggae band from Saint Louis, Missouri comprised of five African American men, stand together in a close cropped photograph. Printed in...

Date Published
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1989
  • African American men

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (15)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (21)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (18)
  • Gelatin silver prints (18)
  • Publicity photographs (15)
  • Group portraits (11)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (19)
  • 1991-2000 (8)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Accordion (4)
  • Accordionists (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Zydeco musicians (4)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Percussionists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • Tambourine (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Politicians (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • Representative government and representation--U.S. states (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Brass instrument players (1)
  • Brass instruments (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Games (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Picnics (1)
  • Stone walls (1)
  • Women politicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (21)

Subjects, Community

  • African American LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (3)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (2)
  • Cooper, Bonnie Sue (2)
  • Dural, Buckwheat, 1947-2016 (2)
  • Lil' Ed (2)
  • Sumlin, Hubert, 1931-2011 (2)
  • Williams, Nathan, 1963- (2)
  • Berkley, Richard L., 1931- (1)
  • Carroll, Karen (1)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (1)
  • Johnson, Michael E. (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Lusk, Professor Eddie, 1948-1992 (1)
  • Peterson, Lucky (1)
  • Roulette, Adolph (1)
  • Todd, Bill (Gay rights activist) (1)
  • Williams, David Daahoud, 1935-1988 (1)

Events

  • Jazz City International Jazz Festival (1989 : Edmonton, Alta.) (3)

Date Published

  • 1986 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • (-) 1989 (21)

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