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Balladiers performing at the Service Awards dinner

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Three young white men, The Balladiers, performing at the Service Awards dinner. One is playing the guitar while all sing. The audience (African...

Date Published
February-19-1964
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Wallace Jones, and guitarist

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Bettye Miller playing piano on stage with Milt Abel on double bass, Wallace Jones on drums, and an unidentified white man seated and playing guitar...

Date Published
1971
1980
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

Bob Boss and his guitar

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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

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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

Carol Smith and Joyce Constant playing guitar and singing

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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

Child patients watching an unidentified woman sing and play

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Patients (two white girls, one partially seen child, and an African American boy) watching an unidentified white woman sing and play at the Trench Rat...

Date Published
October-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital 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

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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

Country Western musicians performing

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Country Western musicians (all white) performing at Children's Mercy Hospital. One woman is singing into a microphone. Two men are playing guitars...

Date Published
1967
1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Cryout

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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

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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

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

Eugene "Jeep" Griddine at Club Trocadero

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Eugene "Jeep" Griddine playing guitar; Club Trocadero; Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Forest photo

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Unidentified group of women musicians (three white, one African American) posing in a line of descending height in a forest; carrying their...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Fran playing guitar at the LGCCKC's grand opening

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Fran playing an electric guitar at the LGCCKC's grand opening.

Date Published
June-1999
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Fran plays guitar at the LGCCKC grand opening

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Fran playing an electric guitar at the LGCCKCs grand opening. She's standing by the windows with chairs behind her.

Date Published
June-1999
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Grand opening entertainment at Phoenix Books

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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

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

Guitarist on stage at the GALA picnic

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Unidentified white woman with a guitar playing on stage at the GALA picnic; a rainbow flag is flying nearby and there's a large banner reading...

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

Jay McShann and Duke Robillard on stage

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Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and singing and playing and electronic piano on an outdoor stage with guitarist Duke Robillard at the 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann and three others taking a cigarette break

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Jay McShann taking a cigarette break with three unidentified musicians; all seated except the man standing next to McShann; the man 2nd from the left...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano with an unidentified combo

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Jay McShann playing piano with unidentified white male guitarist, bassist, and drummer; part of the audience is seen in front of the stage; unknown...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (20)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (10)
  • Jay McShann Collection (8)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (6)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (5)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (1)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (57)

Genres

  • Group portraits (42)
  • Color photographs (41)
  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • (-) Snapshots (57)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (15)
  • 2001-2010 (15)
  • 1991-2000 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (8)
  • 1971-1980 (5)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • Guitarists (56)
  • Women, White (27)
  • Jazz musicians (22)
  • Lesbians (21)
  • Men, White (21)
  • African American men (19)
  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Microphone (16)
  • Independent bookstores (14)
  • Piano (14)
  • African American women (11)
  • Pianists (11)
  • Singers (11)
  • Women singers (11)
  • Jazz musicians, White (10)
  • Audiences (9)
  • Musical instruments (9)
  • Women musicians (9)
  • Banners (8)
  • Entertainers (8)
  • Double bass (7)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Drum set (7)
  • Musicians (7)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Hats (5)
  • Women jazz musicians (5)
  • Women pianists (5)
  • Signs and signboards (4)
  • Stained glass windows (4)
  • Windows (4)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • Children--Hospital care (3)
  • Country musicians (3)
  • Electronic piano (3)
  • Hospital beds (3)
  • Hospital patients (3)
  • Mandolin (3)
  • Show windows (3)
  • Violin (3)
  • Actors (2)
  • Actresses (2)
  • Autoharp (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Coffeehouses (2)
  • Community centers (2)
  • Cotton (2)
  • Enslaved persons (2)
  • Festivals (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Gay rights (2)
  • Harmonica (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Male musicians (2)
  • Mandolinists (2)
  • Reggae musicians (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Shelving for books (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African American singers (1)
  • Ants as pets (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Banjoists (1)
  • Bluegrass musicians (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Flags--Social aspects (1)
  • Forests and forestry (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Musical groups (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Picnics (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Stone walls (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Television specials (1)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women entertainers (1)
  • (-) Guitar (57)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ events (21)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (21)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (20)
  • LGBTQ+ people (20)
  • Women's bookshops (14)
  • White lesbians (13)
  • Gay liberation (8)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (8)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (8)
  • Gay pride (3)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ community centres (2)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (2)
  • Rainbow flags (2)
  • LGBTQ+people (1)
  • Pink triangles (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (23)
  • Westport (2)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Boss, Bob (9)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (9)
  • McShann, Jay (7)
  • Driskill, Joan (5)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (5)
  • Smith, Carol (Musician) (5)
  • Constant, Joyce (4)
  • Severns, Tamara (4)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (3)
  • Robillard, Duke (3)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (2)
  • Criner, Jerry Cryout (2)
  • Jones, Wallace (Drummer) (2)
  • Wilson, Linda (Activist) (2)
  • Berge, Cheryl (1)
  • Dix, Ralph Edward, 1929-2020 (1)
  • Griddine, Eugene (1)
  • Harrison, George, 1943-2001 (1)
  • Kenyatta, Kamau (Musician) (1)
  • McCartney, Paul (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Rocio, Ron (1)
  • Simon, Jeff (1)
  • Starr, Ringo (1)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (1)
  • White, Josh (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 (12)
  • 2009-09-26 (9)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1980 (4)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1991 (3)
  • 1992-03-07 (3)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 2004-03 (3)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1967 (2)
  • 1968 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1999-06 (2)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1964-02-19 (1)
  • 1964-09-17 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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