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Betty Grable on a California-bound train

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Betty Grable on a California-bound train during a brief stop in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-1939
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Betty Grable playing darts

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Betty Grable outdoors and leaning forward, holding darts on a board resting against a wall. Grable is looking forward and smiling, wearing shorts and...

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

Betty Grable sitting on lawn

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Betty Grable sitting on a mat on the lawn and turned facing forward with an arm in the air. Grable is wearing shorts and a striped blouse.

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

Betty Grable with her dog

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Betty Grable standing on the lawn looking down at a dog standing on its hind legs. Grable is wearing shorts and a blouse with a print design.

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

Chained cut-out of Betty Grable advertising "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater

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Chained cut-out of Betty Grable advertising the film "Coney Island" (the cut-out was previously stolen and replaced) at the Uptown Theater at 37th and...

Date Published
May-1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Harry James and Betty Grable

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Harry James hugging Betty Grable. James is leaning forward and smiling. Grable is reaching up to put her arms around James.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry James and Betty Grable

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Harry James and Betty Grable sitting together with unidentified people in the background. James and Grable are both wrapping arms around each other...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry James and Betty Grable

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Harry James and Betty Grable embracing. James is looking at Grable and smiling. Grable is turning her head forward and smiling.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry James with birthday cake

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Harry James blowing out candles on a birthday cake for his 30th birthday. James is leaning over the cake with Betty Grable directly behind him...

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

Simon D.J. Collins poses with a cut-out of Betty Grable promoting the film "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater

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Employee Simon D.J. Collins poses with a cut-out of Betty Grable advertising the film "Coney Island" (the cut-out was later stolen and replaced) at...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection
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  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Portrait photographs (9)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (10)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (9)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Actresses (7)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • Women singers (3)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Passenger trains (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Broadway Boulevard (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (4)
  • Collins, Simon D.J. (1)
  • (-) Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (10)

Date Published

  • 1945 (6)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1939-09 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1943-05 (1)
  • 1946 (1)

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