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Aerial shot of Chin Lee

Image

Aerial shot of Chin Lee's.

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

Alan Mercer at Club Paradox

Image

Alan Mercer, wearing a fedora, smokes a cigarette as he leans his back against the outside wall of Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
July-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Amazing Grace and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

Image

Amazing Grace walks towards Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, with open arms during the 20th anniversary...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

At the bar with Rosetta

Image

Buck Clayton at the bar with, possibly, jazz historian Rosetta Reitz, in Geneva, Switzerland; a long-haired bartender is seen in the background.

Date Published
September-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

At the bar with Rosetta

Image

Buck Clayton at the bar with, possibly, jazz historian Rosetta Reitz, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Date Published
September-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Band playing at the Jockey Jazz Club

Image

A band sits on stage likely playing jazz at the Jockey Club, 10th and Paseo in Kansas City, Missouri. Farthest to the left is Bill Jones playing drums...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bargain Music

Image

Bargain Music, an alternative rock band comprised of four white men sit and stand at a bar having beers with three African American men. Printed in...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Becky Wilson, Christopher Hearne, Jr., and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

Image

Becky Wilson and Christopher Hearne, Jr. present Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, a certificate during the 20th...

Date Published
April-24-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman...

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

Bettye Miller with twelve others around a table

Image

Bettye Miller (standing, center) with twelve unidentified others (African American and white men and women) around a table in a club or restaurant...

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

Bill Carter's Blues Revue at the Grand Emporium

Image

Bill Carter's Blues Revue, a blues band, sit or stand in front of a wall of signatures and smile or look solemnly at the photographer at the Grand...

Date Published
September-30-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Billy Boy Arnold and Roger Naber at the Grand Emporium

Image

Billy Boy Arnold, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, sits at the bar next to the owner, Roger Naber. Both smile at the...

Date Published
December-28-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Carson at the Grand Emporium

Image

Bobby Carson on stage, speaks into a microphone looking left with a keyboard player, drummer, and guitarist behind him. A large crowd is in front of...

Date Published
May-30-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Marvine McKeithen at the Club Paradox

Image

Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas...

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and the crowd at Club Paradox

Image

Bobby Rush is seated to the far right among the crowd at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bridget, Louise, and Darnella visit Sportree Reed's Music Bar

Image

Three African American women, Bridget, Louise and Darnella, smile at the photographer as they are seated at a counter at Sportree Reed's Music Bar...

Date Published
September-01-1948
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bruce Iglauer, Tom Baker, Connie Humiston, and Brenda Haskins at the Grand Emporium

Image

Recording executive Bruce Iglauer, with Tom Baker, Connie Humiston, and Brenda Haskins, smile at the photographer as they gather at the bar at the...

Date Published
May-19-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bryan Hicks and Mike Ning at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Hicks is looking down while playing bass. Ning is looking...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Buck Clayton with Roy Eldridge at a bar

Image

Buck Clayton, drink in hand, speaking with Roy Eldridge at a bar; Eddie Locke and another man seen behind them.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, and Earle Warren having a drink

Image

Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, and Earle Warren, all wearing hats, seated at a bar's outdoor table having drinks.

Date Published
1983
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Carl Weathersby at the Grand Emporium

Image

Carl Weathersby stands in the middle of the audience playing his guitar at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
February-03-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cobalt Project at the Grand Emporium

Image

The blues band, Cobalt Project Band, which includes: Branden Hudspeth, Sue Stubbs, Jan Faircloth, Paul Greenlease. Standing inside the Grand Emporium...

Date Published
January-09-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cobalt Project at the Grand Emporium

Image

The blues band, Cobalt Project, including Brandon Hudspeth, closing his eyes and playing the guitar, Jan Faircloth, playing the drums, Sue Stubbs...

Date Published
January-11-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (65)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (44)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (24)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (5)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (4)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Helen Xarhis-DePasco Collection (2)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Ted Malone Collection (2)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (155)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (154)
  • Group portraits (119)
  • Snapshots (102)
  • Portrait photographs (77)
  • Architectural photographs (17)
  • Cityscape photographs (17)
  • Aerial photographs (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (155)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (81)
  • 2001-2010 (32)
  • 1941-1950 (11)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (69)
  • Double bassists (61)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (60)
  • African American jazz musicians (44)
  • Men, White (41)
  • African American men (35)
  • Keyboard players (34)
  • Saxophonists (32)
  • Women, White (29)
  • African American women (24)
  • Music fans (24)
  • Buildings (17)
  • Blues musicians (15)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (14)
  • Guitarists (10)
  • Dancers (9)
  • Singers (9)
  • Trumpet players (8)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (7)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Music audiences (6)
  • Bartenders (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • Signs and signboards (5)
  • Streets (5)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Guitar players (3)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • Hats (3)
  • Pedestrians (3)
  • Promoters (3)
  • Checks (2)
  • Gifts (2)
  • Military uniforms (2)
  • Philanthropists (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Soldiers (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Women historians (2)
  • Aerial views (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Alternative rock musicians (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction (1)
  • Bunting (Cloth) (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Dollar, American (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Journalists--Travel (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Office furniture (1)
  • Offices (1)
  • Overalls (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Radio personalities (1)
  • Sailors (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Storytelling (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • (-) Bars (Drinking establishments) (155)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (100)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (14)
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (13)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Limerick (Limerick, Ireland) (1)
  • Oakland (Calif.) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ruskin, Tommy (53)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (32)
  • Hicks, Bryan (26)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (18)
  • White, Mike (Musician) (15)
  • Ning, Mike (13)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (11)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (9)
  • Meynier, Billy (9)
  • Naber, Roger (9)
  • Barry, Ken (8)
  • Warner, Duck (5)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (5)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (4)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (4)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (4)
  • Faith, Mary (Club patron) (3)
  • Humiston, Connie (3)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (3)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (3)
  • Rush, Bobby (3)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (2)
  • Faircloth, Jan (2)
  • Greenlease, Paul (2)
  • Haskins, Brenda (2)
  • Hudspeth, Brandon (2)
  • Naber, Julia (2)
  • Pruett, Ben (2)
  • Reitz, Rosetta (2)
  • Stubbs, Sue (Guitarist) (2)
  • Albertson, John (Bartender) (1)
  • Allen, J. (Club patron) (1)
  • Amazing Grace (Singer) (1)
  • Arnold, Billy Boy (1)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Buster, Brody, 1984- (1)
  • Carson, Bobby (Blues guitarist) (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Crawford, Jimmy (1)
  • Curfman, Shannon (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • DeMent, Iris (1)
  • DePasco, Helen Xarhis, 1921-1992 (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Fisher, Williams (Pianist) (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Garner, Larry (1)
  • Garrison, Arv (1)
  • Garry, Vivien (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Hearne, Christopher, Jr. (1)
  • Hicks, Frank (Bar owner) (1)
  • Holland, Peanuts (1)
  • Holmes, Sherman (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Iglauer, Bruce, 1947- (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Jones, LaDonna (1)
  • Jones, Sherry (Musician) (1)
  • Jones, Willie, 1929-1991 (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Locke, Eddie (1)
  • London, Jack, 1876-1916 (1)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)
  • McAndrews, Lawrence (1)
  • Mercer, Alan (Author) (1)
  • Moore, Mary (1)
  • Morton, Benny (1)
  • Newman, Joe (1)
  • Palmer, Herb (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Weathersby, Carl (1)
  • Williams, Jackie, 1933- (1)
  • Wilson, Becky (1)

Date Published

  • 1995 (66)
  • 1991 (65)
  • 1941 (19)
  • 1950 (18)
  • 2004-03-08 (5)
  • 1999-04-24 (4)
  • 2004-05-15 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1992 (3)
  • 2002-04-08 (3)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1979-09 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1986 (2)
  • 2001-02-18 (2)
  • 2002-07-08 (2)
  • 2002-09-07 (2)
  • 2004-02-23 (2)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1947-11-27 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1948-09-01 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1983 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1997-10-30 (1)
  • 1999-01-14 (1)
  • 1999-01-24 (1)
  • 1999-02-16 (1)
  • 1999-11-15 (1)
  • 1999-12-28 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-09-30 (1)
  • 2000-12-17 (1)
  • 2001-01-11 (1)
  • 2001-02-03 (1)
  • 2002-01-09 (1)
  • 2002-04-05 (1)
  • 2002-08-31 (1)
  • 2002-09-05 (1)
  • 2004-04-24 (1)
  • 2004-05-13 (1)
  • 2004-05-19 (1)
  • 2004-05-30 (1)
  • 2006-03-16 (1)
  • 2006-09-07 (1)

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