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Advertising a Basie performance

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A sign at an unidentified venue advertising a performance of the Count Basie Orchestra with Pearl Bailey.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Sy Oliver's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring the Mills Brothers and the Andy Kirk Band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Arnett Cobb's' band and Sid Catlet's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Crowd outside a theater

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Nighttime shot of an unidentified theater marquee, likely in New York, advertising a performance of Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra along with Bing...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jeannie Cheatham on the street outside Radio City Music Hall

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Jeannie Cheatham standing on the street outside of the marquee for Radio City Music Hall in New York; various pedestrians can be seen behind her as...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Outside Lowe's Penn Theater

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A theater marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason; theater street sign reads Loew's Penn.; in Pittsburgh at 6th and Penn.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Chicago Theatre

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The Chicago Theatre marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason with Tyrone Power in Chicago.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Paramount

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Evening shot of the neon signs of the Paramount Theatre marquee in Times Square advertising performances by Count Basie & Band, Sister Tharpe and a...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Paramount

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Evening shot of the neon signs of the Paramount Theatre marquee in Times Square advertising performances by Count Basie & Band, Buck & Bubbles, Sister...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the RKO Theater

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An RKO Theater marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason and his TV Show in New York.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Sign advertising the Jay McShann Quartet

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Photo of the sign outside the Erin Pub advertising the performance of the Jay McShann Quartet; the street can also be seen and there's snow on the...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Sign advertising the Jay McShann Quartet

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Close-up of sign advertising the Jay McShann Quartet at the Erin Pub; unidentified city.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection
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  • Architectural photographs
  • Marquees

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (11)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Snapshots (14)
  • Cityscape photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • (-) Architectural photographs (14)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (3)

Subjects

  • Buildings (10)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Motion picture theaters (4)
  • Streets (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Theaters (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) Marquees (14)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (7)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (3)
  • Bradna, Olympe, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Carlisle, Mary, 1912- (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Milland, Ray (2)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (6)
  • 1950 (6)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1938 (2)

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