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Carol Fran and Myra Taylor at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Carol Fran and Myra Taylor sit side by side and smile at the photographer at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

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Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Myra Taylor at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO

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Evie Quarles sits to Myra Taylor's right as Myra puts her left arm around Evie's shoulders at Washington Park in Kansas City, MO. Both are smiling at...

Date Published
August-10-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Geneva Price, Myra Taylor, Lori Tucker, and Millie Edwards entertain

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A standing Geneva Price looks at Millie Edwards as she, Lori Tucker and Millie surround Myra Taylor seated in the middle holding a microphone. Known...

Date Published
February-02-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Gig at Californo's

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Myra Taylor sits on a chair on the deck at Californo's while Millie Edwards, Geneva Price, and Lori Tucker sit on high top chairs. Bill Maness and...

Date Published
June-24-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Group playing at 18th and Vine

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Myra Taylor is seated in a wheelchair and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed. Sonny Kenner is standing to her left and also singing into a...

Date Published
September-16-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann with Myra Taylor

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Jay McShann leaning in and sharing a laugh with Myra Taylor during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival Media Day; both seated with people seen...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Musicians at Chuck Haddix' book signing

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair smiling to her right at the photographer. Seated behind her is Jurgen Welge. Standing behind Jurgen with his hands on...

Date Published
June-08-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor

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Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Bobby Watson at the Grand Emporium

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Myra Taylor sits in a wheelchair to the right of Bobby Watson. She holds her purse. Bobby has his left arm around her shoulders, is wearing a straw...

Date Published
May-23-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Buck O'Neil at the Blue Room

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Myra Taylor is seated and laughing with her eyes closed while holding a microphone with her right hand and holding her left hand around the shoulder...

Date Published
June-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor and Harry Hypolite at the Blue Room

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Harry Hypolite leans forward grinning over a seated Myra Taylor at the Blue Room in front of the bar, 18th & Vine.

Date Published
February-28-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at microphone

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor at microphone.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor; Jackson and Dawayne Gilley sit inside a stretch limousine with the back door opened at the Myra Taylor Park Gate Dedication, 18th &...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor dancing

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor dancing.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor during the Living Blues Photo Shoot

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Myra Taylor, holds on to the brim of her hat with both hands with a big grin on her face during the Living Blues Weekend Photo Shoot. A cane handle is...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor laughing at the dedication of a park gate in her name

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Myra Taylor, looks down at the table where she's sitting, covers her eyes and laughs as Dawayne Gilley and Connie Humiston stand behind her and hold...

Date Published
June-29-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor recording

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Myra Taylor sitting in a wheelchair with headphones on and singing into a microphone at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at the Airborne Audio...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Myra Taylor smiles at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor smiles to her right while holding a microphone in her left hand and wearing a suit with sequin flowers at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

Date Published
February-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor wins the best female blues artist from Living Blues Magazine

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Dawayne Gilley stands and seriously hands keys to Jim O'Neal behind the head of a seated and laughing Myra Taylor. Myra is holding two Living Blues...

Date Published
July-21-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (30)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (37)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (37)
  • Group portraits (26)
  • Portrait photographs (11)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (37)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (24)
  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1951-1960 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (32)
  • Jazz singers (22)
  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (10)
  • Men, White (10)
  • Singers (10)
  • Blues musicians (9)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Authors, American (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Keyboard players (3)
  • Photographers (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • African American women dancers (2)
  • African American women singers (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Vibraphonists (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (21)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (5)
  • 18th and Vine District (3)
  • Salina (Kan.) (2)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Edwards, Millie (6)
  • Price, Geneva (6)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (4)
  • Tucker, Lori (4)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (2)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Moore, Mary (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Dare, Lou (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Nash, Monny (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Neal, Jim, 1948- (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Powell, Godfrey (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Stroger, Bob (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • (-) Taylor, Myra (37)

Events

  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)

Date Published

  • 1946 (4)
  • 2001-06-29 (3)
  • 2002-10-18 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1999-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-09-16 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000-01-13 (1)
  • 2000-06-24 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-09-16 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2002-01-11 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2002-07-21 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2003-08-10 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-02-02 (1)
  • 2006-06-25 (1)
  • 2007-07-17 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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