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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 seated on stage

Image

Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Buck Clayton, Fats Domino, and Dave Bartholomew clowning around with a bird cage

Image

Buck Clayton, Fats Domino, and Dave Bartholomew lifting their hands to a hanging birdcage containing a finch.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings

Image

The Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, an R&B and blues band comprised of three African American men and three white men, pose in a group with three...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings

Image

Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings, a blues band comprised of four white men and two African American men, stand together. All are wearing dark suits. Two...

Date Published
1993
1999
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Drawing of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity reproduction of a painting featuring portraits of Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and "Big Mama" Thornton arranged against a background of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Fantastic Four

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Publicity photo of Fantastic Four featuring "Sweet" James Epps, Ralph and Joseph Pruitt, and Wallace Childs standing at an angle, holding hands out...

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Four Blazes

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The Four Blazes posing on stage with instruments.

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

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

Image

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

Image

Hank Ballard sings into a microphone on the left side of the photograph as the Midnighters, a rhythm and blues band comprised of four African American...

Date Published
1958
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

Image

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a rhythm and blues band comprised of eight African American men, stand on stage. Hank Ballard sings into a...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jay McShann, Clarence "Big" Miller, Eugene "Jeep" Griddine, and an unidentified man performing

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Performance with Jay McShann on piano, Clarence "Big" Miller on bass, Eugene "Jeep" Griddine on guitar, and an unidentified African American man on...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Jeannie Cheatham arm in arm with Sippie Wallace and Big Mama Thornton

Image

Jeannie Wallace (right), standing arm in arm on stage with "Big Mama" Thornton (center), and Sippie Wallace (left); Thornton and Wallace both are...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Image

Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones with Big Mama Thornton on drums

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Big Mama Thornton seated and playing drums with Joe Jones standing next to her observing with a cigarette in one hand; Edmund Hall and two others can...

Date Published
1967
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Loved Ones

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The Loved Ones, an R&B band from Oakland, California comprised of four white men who stand on a sidewalk between the Oakland depot and the train...

Date Published
1993
1994
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Midnighters

Image

The Midnighters, a rhythm and blues band comprised of five African American men. One man sits holding an electric guitar, while the other four stand...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

O'Jays

Image

Publicity photo for the O'Jays featuring Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, and William Powell standing left to right and looking forward while smiling. All...

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

O'Jays

Image

Publicity photo for the O'Jays featuring Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, and William Powell standing left to right and looking forward while smiling. All...

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Pointer Sisters

Image

Publicity photo of The Pointer Sisters standing against a wall and looking forward with neutral expressions. All three are wearing black dresses.

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Pointer Sisters

Image

Publicity photo of The Pointer Sisters standing in a row all turning forward and smiling. Three members stand with their hands on their hips and the...

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified man at Mel's Hideaway

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Priscilla Bowman and an unidentified African American man at Mel's Hideaway in Chicago, Illinois.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman and Marcia Bowman

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Priscilla Bowman (right) sitting with her daughter Marcia Bowman.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman and Marcia Bowman at Walter's Lounge

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Priscilla Bowman (right) with her daughter Marcia Bowman at a table at "Walter's Lounge."

Date Published
April-1970
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman singing with Curtyse Foster Band at unidentified Kansas City venue

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Priscilla Bowman singing with the Curtyse Foster Band: "Bumps" Love (piano), Foster (sax), Elmer Price (trumpet), Bill Nolan (drums); unidentified...

Date Published
August-03-1954
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (9)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (6)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (5)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (3)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (33)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (28)
  • Gelatin silver prints (28)
  • Publicity photographs (17)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Color photographs (4)
  • Paintings (1)
  • Reproductions (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (33)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (6)
  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (3)

Subjects

  • African American men (16)
  • Bands (Music) (11)
  • African American women (9)
  • Men, White (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Pianists (4)
  • Television specials (4)
  • Drum set (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • African American singers (2)
  • African American women singers (2)
  • Blues musicians (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Male musicians (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Mothers and daughters (2)
  • African American male singers (1)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African American rock musicians (1)
  • Cage birds (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Ska (Music) (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Rhythm and blues musicians (33)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (4)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Cincinnati (Ohio) (1)
  • Miami (Fla.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Thornton, Big Mama (5)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (4)
  • Ballard, Hank (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (3)
  • Wallace, Sippie (3)
  • Bowman, Marcia (2)
  • Bartholomew, Dave (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Domino, Fats, 1928- (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Griddine, Eugene (1)
  • Hall, Edmond (1)
  • Hardiman, Baggy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Lovett, Baby (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Big (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (6)
  • 1960 (6)
  • 1970 (6)
  • 1983 (5)
  • 1965 (4)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1954-08-03 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1970-04 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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