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Al Leibert and Dr. Ned Smull

Image

WDAF journalist Al Leibert speaking into a microphone (right) and Dr. Ned Smull standing in front of another microphone (left) discussing Children's...

Date Published
January-01-1965
December-31-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Al Leibert, Miller Nichols, Herman Sutherland, Ned Smull and one other

Image

Broadcasting via WDAF, journalist Al Leibert (second from left) speaks with Miller Nichols (left), unidentified white man in front of a microphone...

Date Published
January-01-1965
December-31-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

At the Cheatham Jam Session

Image

Jimmy Cheatham (trombone), Jim Zollar, Dinky Morris (saxophone), Jimmy Noone Jr. (clarinet), unidentified, Billy (harmonica), in a row at a Cheatham...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Awarding door prizes

Image

Door prizes being given out at the Maywood Mercy Club Annual Bazaar at the Jewish Community Center. Mrs. Max Doehlerm Jr., club president, is in front...

Date Published
November-17-1965
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Beatles at a press conference in Kansas City

Image

A photograph from the side of the Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr) sitting at a table with microphones, with their...

Date Published
September-17-1964
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller seated at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller standing at the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double bass, likely Milt Abel...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown on drums, and an unidentified African American man, likely Milt Abel, on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller and trio playing on a porch

Image

Bettye Miller playing the piano on a porch at night with Corky Brown (unseen in photo) on drums, and an unidentified African American man on double...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller in front of a microphone

Image

Bettye Miller seated in front of a microphone while playing piano. She's looking at the camera and smiling widely.

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

Bettye Miller playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano. A curtain is close behind her and a microphone is set up in front of her. She's turned to the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Big Joe Turner with microphone

Image

Joe Turner speaking or singing into a microphone; facing the left.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Big Mama Thornton at the microphone

Image

Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone held close to her mouth; she's wearing a straw hat and facing to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Mama Thornton singing

Image

Big Mama Thornton singing into a microphone; wearing a cowboy hat and sparkly floral patterned shirt; head turned to look over to the right.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Big Mama Willie Mae Thornton

Image

Big Mama Thornton holding a microphone close to her face; wearing a cowboy hat, pinstripe suit jacket and looking at the camera smiling.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient

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Board members, nurses, physicians, and a patient (all white) with KMBC radio journalists at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are sitting in a circle...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Image

Crowd (white women and men) gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right)...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Image

Crowd gathered (white women and men in photo) for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new hospital building. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Image

Large crowd (white women and men in photo) gathered for the new hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in hand are (left to right)...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Breaking ground for the new hospital building

Image

Large crowd (one African American man, the rest white women and men) gathered for the new hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Lined up with shovels in...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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Member of

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (48)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (34)
  • Ted Malone Collection (31)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (24)
  • Jay McShann Collection (22)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (15)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (14)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (3)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (2)
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  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (1)
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Types

  • photographs (198)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (197)
  • Group portraits (115)
  • Snapshots (114)
  • Portrait photographs (77)
  • Publicity photographs (19)
  • Promotional photographs (4)
  • Architectural photographs (2)
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  • (-) Black & white photographs (198)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (57)
  • 1941-1950 (39)
  • 1981-1990 (24)
  • 1971-1980 (19)
  • 1951-1960 (18)
  • 1991-2000 (14)
  • 1931-1940 (12)
  • 2001-2010 (3)

Subjects

  • Men, White (118)
  • African American jazz musicians (72)
  • Jazz musicians (61)
  • Women, White (53)
  • African American men (49)
  • Pianists (44)
  • Piano (43)
  • Physicians (34)
  • Radio personalities (30)
  • Hospital administrators (23)
  • Musical instruments (23)
  • Jazz musicians, White (22)
  • Trombonists (22)
  • Double bass (17)
  • Double bassists (17)
  • Jazz singers (16)
  • Lectures and lecturing (16)
  • African American women (15)
  • Trombone (14)
  • Women jazz musicians (14)
  • Women pianists (14)
  • African American women jazz singers (13)
  • Drum set (13)
  • Hospitals--Employees (11)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (9)
  • Nurses (9)
  • Dinners and dining (8)
  • Porches (8)
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  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Audiences (7)
  • Buildings (7)
  • Neckties (7)
  • Poets, American--Homes and haunts (7)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (7)
  • African American band directors (6)
  • Award presentations (6)
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  • Crowds (6)
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  • Press conferences (6)
  • Rock musicians (6)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (6)
  • Sound studios (6)
  • Tables (6)
  • Women singers (6)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Centerpieces (5)
  • Poinsettias (5)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (5)
  • Shovels (5)
  • Uniforms (5)
  • War correspondents (5)
  • Actors (4)
  • Amateur radio stations--Equipment and supplies (4)
  • Authors' spouses (4)
  • Children, White (4)
  • Cigarette smokers (4)
  • Mutes (Music) (4)
  • Women musicians (4)
  • African American children (3)
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  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (3)
  • Awards (3)
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  • Coffee cups (2)
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  • Elementary schools (2)
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  • Fire pot cooking (2)
  • Forests and forestry California (2)
  • Guitar (2)
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  • Hospital patients (2)
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  • Pipe smoking (2)
  • Radio broadcasting--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Radio programs (2)
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  • Singers (2)
  • Soldiers (2)
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  • Stands (Furniture) (2)
  • Stoves, Wood (2)
  • Television stations (2)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Academic libraries (1)
  • African American boys (1)
  • African American composers (1)
  • African American mayors (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African American singers (1)
  • Antennas (Electronics) (1)
  • Applause (1)
  • Asians (1)
  • Audio-visual equipment (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Automobiles--Exhibitions (1)
  • Balconies (1)
  • Balloon decorations (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Bazaars (Charities) (1)
  • Bedrooms (1)
  • Berets (1)
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  • Caps (Headgear) (1)
  • Carnival (1)
  • Cellists (1)
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  • Country musicians (1)
  • Cradles (1)
  • Emergency vehicles (1)
  • Epitaphs (1)
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  • Fictitious characters (1)
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  • Fur garments (1)
  • Gesture (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
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  • Guitarists (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
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  • Headdresses (1)
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  • Hinges (1)
  • Home offices (1)
  • Jazz radio programs (1)
  • Judges (1)
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  • Men (1)
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  • Motion picture cameras (1)
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  • Organ (Musical instrument) (1)
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  • Painting, Modern (1)
  • Party decorations (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Pediatric radiology (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Phonograph (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Physicians' spouses (1)
  • Plates (Tableware) (1)
  • Poets, American--Homes and haunts (1)
  • Pointing (Gesture) (1)
  • Political activists (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
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  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
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  • T-shirts (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
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  • Television specials (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (1)
  • Wild boar (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Microphone (198)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • White lesbians (3)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (2)
  • Allies (1)
  • Butches (1)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ friendliness (1)
  • Transgender activism (1)
  • Transgenderqueer people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (20)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (6)
  • Glen Ellen (Calif.) (4)
  • New York (N.Y.) (3)
  • Amherst (Mass.) (2)
  • Jamestown (N.Y.) (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • Mobile (Ala.) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)
  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)
  • West Hartford (Conn.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (31)
  • Smull, Ned (26)
  • McShann, Jay (24)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (19)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (14)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (11)
  • Sutherland, Herman R. (10)
  • Weaver, Margaret (10)
  • Brown, Corky (8)
  • Dexter, Dave (6)
  • Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913 (6)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (4)
  • London, Charmian (4)
  • Miller, Juanita Joaquina, 1880-1970 (4)
  • Stockwell, John F. (4)
  • Thornton, Big Mama (4)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (3)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (3)
  • Crump, Bob (3)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (3)
  • Harrison, George, 1943-2001 (3)
  • Lee, Gene (3)
  • Legge, Jimmy (3)
  • Leibert, Al (3)
  • Lennon, John, 1940-1980 (3)
  • London, Jack, 1876-1916 (3)
  • Nichols, Miller, 1911-2000 (3)
  • Pagano, Mario (Hospital employee) (3)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (3)
  • Seely, Clark (3)
  • Shareef, Museyf (3)
  • Shepard, Elvin (3)
  • Starr, Ringo (3)
  • Walker, Alice (Nurse) (3)
  • Archer, M. Luisita Benavides (Merla Luisita Benavides), 1933- (2)
  • Bee, Molly (2)
  • Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (2)
  • Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 (2)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (2)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (2)
  • Gillette, Leland James (2)
  • Johnson, Lew (2)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (2)
  • Maxwell, Jim, 1917-2002 (2)
  • McAndrews, Robert (2)
  • McCartney, Paul (2)
  • Moran, Jim (2)
  • Morris, Dinky (2)
  • Richards, Red (2)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Yohe, Ruth (2)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bertrandias, Dick (1)
  • Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943 (1)
  • Bradley, Tom, 1917-1998 (1)
  • Brown, Deborah, 1952- (1)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (1)
  • Carter, Benny (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Crawford, Traverse, 1916-1975 (1)
  • Daniels, Howard (1)
  • Darrow, Daniel C. (1)
  • DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-2016 (1)
  • De Sylva, B. G. (Buddy Gard), 1896-1950 (1)
  • Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992 (1)
  • Duck, Donald (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Dunbar, Helen, 1868-1933 (1)
  • Dunham, Franklin, 1892- (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Feinberg, Leslie, 1949-2014 (1)
  • Gaines, Lee, 1914-1987 (1)
  • Gardner, Gary (1)
  • Gautier, Madeleine, 1905- (1)
  • Goofy (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Grappelli, Stéphane (1)
  • Harris, Gene, 1933-2000 (1)
  • Harrison, Harold E. (1)
  • Herrick, Susan (Singer) (1)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (1)
  • Holland, Clinton (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Jackson, Edward (Vocalist) (1)
  • James, Vernon (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Jefferson, Carl E. (1)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (1)
  • Jones, Thad (1)
  • Kane, Candye (1)
  • Lewis, Harry, 1914-1984 (1)
  • Lombardo, Guy, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Mabane, Bob (1)
  • McPartland, Marian (1)
  • McPherson, Charles (1)
  • Miller, Joe H. (1)
  • Minor, Orville (1)
  • Mischo, R. J. (1)
  • Mouse, Mickey (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Near, Holly (1)
  • Noone, Jimmie, 1938- (1)
  • Packer, John (Bassist) (1)
  • Pakula, Sidney (1)
  • Panassié, Hugues (1)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (1)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 (1)
  • Ramey, Gene (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (1)
  • Shepard, I. Milo (Irving Milo) (1)
  • Sherman, Jimmy (1)
  • Shopfner, Charles E. (1)
  • Smith, Nolan (1)
  • Smull, Jane (1)
  • Taylor, Derek, 1932-1997 (1)
  • Thompson, Mason L. (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)
  • Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 (1)
  • Wick, Pat (Musician) (1)
  • Williams, Billy, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (1)
  • Williams, Ira (Vocalist) (1)
  • Woods, Georgie (1)
  • Zollar, James (1)

Events

  • Annual Children's Mercy Hospital Meeting Luncheon (3rd : 1963 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Cheatham Jam Session (2)
  • Daniel C. Darrow Lecture (3rd : 1964 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Oslo Jazz Festival (1992 : Oslo, Norway) (2)
  • Jazz City International Jazz Festival (1989 : Edmonton, Alta.) (1)
  • Outstate Committee Meeting (7th : 1963 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Wichita Jazz Festival (1972 : Wichita, Kan.) (1)

Date Published

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  • 2000 (6)
  • 1962-12-18 (5)
  • 1941-03-16 (4)
  • 1964-05-18 (4)
  • 1970-12-17 (4)
  • 1959 (3)
  • 1964-02-19 (3)
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  • 1965-12-31 (3)
  • 1982 (3)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1940-03-19 (2)
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  • 1983 (2)
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  • 1992-08 (2)
  • 2006-09-18 (2)
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  • 1941-01-19 (1)
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  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-08-24 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1968-01-01 (1)
  • 1968-12-31 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1970-01-01 (1)
  • 1970-12-31 (1)
  • 1972-04-30 (1)
  • 1974-01-01 (1)
  • 1974-12-31 (1)
  • 1975-10 (1)
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  • 1981-03-08 (1)
  • 1982-06 (1)
  • 1984-07 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1989-02-20 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1992-03 (1)
  • 1993-06-23 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1996-10-16 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 1999-04-17 (1)
  • 2007-04-12 (1)

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