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Edward Beisner's Banjoland

Image

Publicity photo of Edward Beisner seated and playing banjo; caption reads: "Edward Beisner's Banjoland; Chicago, Illinois."

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Edward Beisner's Banjoland

Image

Publicity photo of Edward Beisner with band members Clem (banjo), Frank (accordion), and Chuck (trombone), posing with instruments in front of a sign...

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress with a flower in her hair and a mole below her bottom lip.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Helen Cole poses as she plays a drum set

Image

Helen Cole, an African American musician, grins at the photographer as she sits behind a drum set and crosses her hands to play. Her shadow is on the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Howard and the White Boys with Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi and John Goodman

Image

Howard and the White Boys, a blues band comprised of one African American man and three white men, appear in a series of four photographs with Dan...

Date Published
1978
1982
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jo Jones and Buck Clayton play London House (Chicago)

Image

"Jo Jones returns to London House: Wednesday, May 21st with Buck Clayton plus Ray Bryant and His brother."

Date Published
May-21-1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Magic Slim & the Teardrops

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Magic Slim & the Teardrops, a blues band of four African American men, perform on a stage that has wood paneled walls behind them at the 1125 Club at...

Date Published
1971
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Maureen Smith playing the piano

Image

Maureen Smith stands with her left side to the photographer and turns her head toward her left shoulder to smile at the photographer as she stands...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Publicity photo of Edward Beisner

Image

Publicity photo of Edward Beisner playing banjo in front of automobile.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Publicity photographs
  • Chicago (Ill.)

Member of

  • Allan Bell Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (2)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (9)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Chicago (Ill.) (9)

Subjects, People

  • Beisner, Edward (3)
  • Aykroyd, Dan (1)
  • Belushi, John (1)
  • Bryant, Ray, 1931-2011 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cole, Helen P., 1926-2014 (1)
  • Goodman, John, 1952- (1)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932- (1)
  • Jones, Philly Joe (1)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (1)
  • Smith, Maureen (Pianist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1965 (3)
  • 1958-05-21 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1982 (1)

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