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"Chris Cali"

Image

Comedian "Chris Cali" stands in front of a weeping willow background wearing a backwards flat cap, sunglasses, earrings, a open plaid shirt over a...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Ship Ahoy" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

Image

Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Red Skelton, and Eleanor Powell posed in a publicity shot for the film "Ship Ahoy." Dorsey is playing trombone while Rich...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ann Lincoln

Image

Publicity photo of Ann Lincoln wearing a white shirt and patterned vest facing forward and smiling.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Artie Auerbach as Mr. Kitzel

Image

Mr. Kitzel (Artie Auerbach, featured comedian of the Jack Benny Show) seems to have charmed an extra long hot dog into performing for his customers...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Charlie Rankin - Comedian

Image

Publicity photo for Charlie Rankin wearing suit and tie.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Connie Haines and Lou Costello

Image

Connie Haines wearing a bathing suit and leaning back on a diving board. Haines is turning to the side and smiling. Comedian Lou Costello is operating...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Curly Howard and Louis Jordan in "Swing Parade of 1946"

Image

Curly Howard sitting and playing saxophone while looking dubiously at Louis Jordan who is smiling and approaching Howard with two fingers pointed out...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Image

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis singing during an event at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Martin is on the left, looking up, and wearing a checkered suit...

Date Published
October-28-1951
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dos Fallopia in costume

Image

Publicity photo of Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt); both are dressed in country music star costumes and are smiling hugely at the camera...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Elliott Threatt

Image

Elliott Threatt, a local Kansas City comedian, holds the lapels of his business suit jacket and looks inquisitively at the camera in a close-up, head...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Elsa Maxwell at reception

Image

Members of the Yakama tribe who appeared in the Technicolor film “Canyon Passage” holding a reception for Elsa Maxwell and others, presenting her with...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jackie Gleason

Image

Signed portrait of Jackie Gleason.

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

Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton

Image

Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton standing behind an ABC microphone and in front of a stage curtain. Colonna is looking at Tilton while smiling and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Kate Clinton

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a dark suit with arms crossed; she is smiling and facing the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton head in hand

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton with her head resting in one hand; smiling and looking at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton in a leather jacket

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton taken from the side while wearing a leather jacket; her head is turned to look at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton looking over her shoulder

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a dark suit and looking back over her shoulder at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton with a tie

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a white suit and dark, patterned tie smiling and facing the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton with upturned collar

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton wearing a dark suit with white shirt and upturned collar; smiling and looking at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Lurlene the Trailer Court Queen

Image

Lurlene the Trailer Court Queen holds up a spray can of Aqua Net hair spray as she wears a bouffant hairstyle, cat glasses, a chiffon scarf around her...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff performing at Grand Ole Opry

Image

Minnie Pearl and Roy Acuff performing at the Grand Ole Opry. Pearl is wearing a floral print dress and hat, balancing on one leg and smiling. Acuff is...

Date Published
1978
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Olga San Juan

Image

Olga San Juan posing in publicity photo for Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies." Olga is looking to the side and smiling while wearing a tropical dance...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Olga San Juan

Image

Headshot of Olga San Juan looking forward and smiling.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Publicity photo of Ben Bernie

Image

Publicity photo of Ben Bernie turned to one side and looking up over his shoulder, wearing a dark suit, and holding a cigar.

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Publicity photo of Milton Berle

Image

Publicity photo of Milton Berle facing forward, smiling, and wearing checkered suit with patterned tie and handkerchief.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (18)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (9)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (8)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (38)
  • Gelatin silver prints (38)
  • Portrait photographs (34)
  • Group portraits (14)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (38)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (17)
  • 1941-1950 (12)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Women, White (10)
  • Entertainers (9)
  • Lesbians (9)
  • Actors (8)
  • Singers (6)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Actresses (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Rockabilly musicians (4)
  • Women musicians (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Costume (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Leather jackets (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)
  • Ventriloquists (1)
  • Wigs (1)
  • Women comedians (1)
  • Yakama Indians (1)
  • (-) Comedians (38)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • White lesbians (9)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (3)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clinton, Kate (6)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (4)
  • Wirtz, Billy C. (4)
  • Costello, Lou (3)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (2)
  • Koch, Lisa (2)
  • Platt, Peggy (2)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (2)
  • San Juan, Olga, 1927-2009 (2)
  • Acuff, Roy (1)
  • Auerbach, Artie, 1903-1957 (1)
  • Barker, Jess (1)
  • Barker, Jim, 1921- (1)
  • Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Berle, Milton (1)
  • Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 (1)
  • Charlie, Job (1)
  • Chris Cali (Comedian) (1)
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Howard, Curly Joe, 1910-1993 (1)
  • Howard, Eugene (1)
  • Howard, Willie, 1886-1949 (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926- (1)
  • Lincoln, Ann (Musician) (1)
  • Looney, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Lurlene (Trailer court queen) (1)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (1)
  • Maxwell, Elsa (1)
  • Minnie Pearl (1)
  • Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982 (1)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Riley, Rachel (Comedienne) (1)
  • Thompson, Henry (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Threatt, Elliott (1)
  • Tilton, Martha (1)
  • Turner, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 (1)
  • Yallup, Thomas (1)
  • Yallup, William (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (14)
  • 2000 (11)
  • 1945 (7)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1950 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1940 (2)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1951-10-28 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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