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Badwater

Image

Badwater, a country band comprised of three Cherokee men and one white man, in a montage photograph of each member playing their instruments. Printed...

Date Published
2000
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bettye Miller with friends

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Bettye Miller standing outside the venue her birthday party is being held in with three unidentified African American men and an unidentified white...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Big Mama Thornton seated on stage

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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Nick and the Gila Monsters

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Big Nick and the Gila Monsters, a blues band comprised of four white men, stand pointing at the photographer. Two electric guitars lie on the floor...

Date Published
1993
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Kleoppel

Image

Country music guitarist and vocalist Bill Kleoppel kneels on the ground leaning on an acoustic guitar resting on his thigh. He wears a cowboy hat and...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy and the Voodoo Kitchin'

Image

Blues guitarist Billy [Royce] squats on a stage to light his red electric guitar on fire. His hat covers his face. Printed over the photograph, "in...

Date Published
May-2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bob Boss and his guitar

Image

Bob Boss playing guitar on stage at "An Evening of Note", honoring Jeannie Cheatham, held at the Museum of Making Music's 7th Annual Gala; looking...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bob Boss and his guitar

Image

Bob Boss pausing for a photo while holding his guitar and smiling; tables and other people can be seen behind him; at "An Evening of Note", honoring...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Brian "Taz" Grant

Image

Blues guitarist Brian "Taz" Grant sits holding a red and black electric guitar on his lap with both of his hand over the top of the body. He wears...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buddy Guy

Image

Blues guitarist Buddy Guy closes his eyes and looks to the left as he plays guitar.

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Carol Smith and Joyce Constant playing guitar and singing

Image

Carol Smith and Joyce Constant singing and playing guitars in front of microphones at Phoenix Books; an unidentified white woman, possibly Cheryl...

Date Published
1989
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Coffeehouse entertainers

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Group of unidentified people at the Supreme Bean coffeehouse listening to two unidentified entertainers between two large speakers (a white man and an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Coffeehouse entertainers

Image

Group of unidentified people at the Supreme Bean coffeehouse listening to two unidentified entertainers between two large speakers (a white man and an...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Cryout

Image

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Cryout looks to the right as he plays a guitar over a hand drawn city and night sky background.

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cryout

Image

Reggae guitarist and vocalist Cryout looks down and to the right as he plays a guitar over the colors of the Jamaican flag. Printed across the bottom...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Diamond Jim Greene

Image

Blues guitarist Diamond Jim Greene stands outside in front of a wall of vines playing a resonator guitar with a steel finger slide. He holds possibly...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dick Dale

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Surf rock guitarist Dick Dale stands in a desert playing an electric guitar as he wears a black fringe leather jacket and black pants. Printed in the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dick Dale

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Surf rock guitarist Dick Dale stands in a desert playing an electric guitar as he wears a black fringe leather jacket and black pants. Printed in the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dick Dale, signed photograph

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Surf rock guitarist Dick Dale stands in a desert playing an electric guitar wearing a black fringe leather jacket and black pants. Printed in the...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Entertaining the crowd at Phoenix Books

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Two unidentified white women providing entertainment at Phoenix Books' grand opening; one woman is playing a guitar and the other a violin.

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Evan Dease

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Evan Dease holds a guitar across his body as he smiles at the photographer. He wears a black leather jacket. Gold glitter is contained or reflected in...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ghostwriter

Image

Ghostwriter, possibly Steve Schecter, blues guitarist, stands on stage singing into a microphone and playing an electric guitar. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
2003
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Grand opening entertainment at Phoenix Books

Image

Unidentified blonde white woman with glasses and dark jacket playing an acoustic guitar and singing at the grand opening for Phoenix Books.

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Group photo with Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham

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Group photo of a group of jazz musicians sitting for a formal portrait and including Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham; Jimmy is holding his trombone and...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Guitarist at Phoenix Books

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Unidentified blonde white woman playing a guitar in front of a microphone at Phoenix Books; bookshelves can be seen behind her.

Date Published
1989
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (18)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (18)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (11)
  • Jay McShann Collection (8)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (59)

Genres

  • Snapshots (41)
  • Group portraits (33)
  • Portrait photographs (25)
  • Publicity photographs (19)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Landscape photographs (1)
  • (-) Color photographs (59)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (20)
  • 2001-2010 (19)
  • 1981-1990 (16)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1961-1970 (2)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (56)
  • Men, White (25)
  • Jazz musicians (20)
  • Women, White (20)
  • Lesbians (19)
  • African American men (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (16)
  • Microphone (15)
  • Independent bookstores (14)
  • Piano (13)
  • Blues musicians (11)
  • Singers (11)
  • Pianists (10)
  • Jazz musicians, White (9)
  • Women musicians (9)
  • Women singers (9)
  • African American women (7)
  • Banners (7)
  • Entertainers (7)
  • Musical instruments (7)
  • Double bass (6)
  • Double bassists (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Audiences (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Musicians (5)
  • Women jazz musicians (5)
  • Women pianists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Signs and signboards (4)
  • Stained glass windows (4)
  • Windows (4)
  • Bands (Music) (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Country musicians (3)
  • Electronic piano (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Show windows (3)
  • Surf music (3)
  • Autoharp (2)
  • Coffeehouses (2)
  • Festivals (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Harmonica (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Mandolin (2)
  • Mandolinists (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Shelving for books (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Violin (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Black people (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Boulders (1)
  • Cherokee Indians (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cliffs (1)
  • Coats (1)
  • Drum (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fiddlers (1)
  • French (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Moccasins (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Women entertainers (1)
  • (-) Guitar (59)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (19)
  • LGBTQ+ events (18)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (18)
  • LGBTQ+ people (17)
  • White lesbians (14)
  • Women's bookshops (14)
  • Gay liberation (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (5)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • Gay pride (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (1)
  • Rainbow flags (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (18)
  • Westport (2)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cheatham, Jeannie (10)
  • Boss, Bob (9)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Driskill, Joan (5)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (5)
  • Smith, Carol (Musician) (5)
  • Constant, Joyce (4)
  • Severns, Tamara (4)
  • Dale, Dick (Guitarist) (3)
  • Robillard, Duke (3)
  • Criner, Jerry Cryout (2)
  • Wilson, Linda (Activist) (2)
  • Berge, Cheryl (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Dease, Evan (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Grant, Taz (1)
  • Greene, Jim, 1951- (1)
  • Guy, Buddy (1)
  • Kasey, Smokey Joe (1)
  • Kenyatta, Kamau (Musician) (1)
  • Kleoppel, Bill (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Murphy, Matt (Guitarist) (1)
  • Popa Chubby (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Rocio, Ron (1)
  • Royce, Billy (1)
  • Schecter, Steve (Guitarist) (1)
  • Scott, Nancy (Singer) (1)
  • Simon, Jeff (1)
  • Thiam, Pascal Bokar (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (9)
  • National Women's Choral Festival (1989 : Kansas City, Mo.) (5)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (3)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1989 (11)
  • 2009-09-26 (9)
  • 2004 (7)
  • 2000 (5)
  • 2001 (5)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1990 (3)
  • 1992-03-07 (3)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 2004-03 (3)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2000-05 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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