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Cab Calloway and Jeannie Cheatham on stage

Image

Cab Calloway on stage directing a band with Jeannie Cheatham playing piano; eleven other band members are shown wearing black and Calloway and...

Date Published
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings with Kid Ory

Image

The Charlie Echols Rhythm Kings on a stage featuring (Charlie Echols, Milton Ellsworth, trumpets, Parker Berry, Kid Ory, trombones, Grover Diggs...

Date Published
March-21-1932
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs his autograph on a white bowler hat with a black hatband for an unidentified man who stands next to the table in the...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

Image

On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Group of women gathered to meet Margie Adam

Image

Group of unidentified white women in a loose circle at the "Best Friends of Phoenix" Benefit Brunch at the Unicorn Theatre. They are waiting to meet...

Date Published
October-18-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Kate Clinton signing an autograph for two fans

Image

Kate Clinton bent over signing an autograph for two unidentified white women looking on at Phoenix Books. An unidentified beared white man is seen in...

Date Published
April-04-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Les Hite Orchestra

Image

The Les Hite Orchestra posed on the stairs of City Hall in Los Angeles with George McDonaugh, Supervisor of the 2nd District (Including: Bill Perkins...

Date Published
1932
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Margie Adam about to sign an album

Image

Margie Adam about to sign an album for an unidentified white woman wearing a Clinton-Gore t-shirt at the "Best Friends of Phoenix" Benefit Brunch at...

Date Published
October-18-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Margie Adam speaking with a woman

Image

Margie Adam speaking with an unidentified white woman in a "Clinton / Gore" t-shirt before signing her album at the "Best Friends of Phoenix" Benefit...

Date Published
October-18-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Pierre Boyer and another saxophone player

Image

Pierre Boyer in a black shirt and an unidentified white male musician in a white shirt playing saxophones side by side.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Signing an autograph

Image

Margie Adam speaking with hand raised to an unidentified white woman to her left and about to autograph and album for her at the "Best Friends of...

Date Published
October-18-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Stuff Smith and his Onyx Club Boys

Image

Signed portrait of Stuff Smith and, likely, his Onyx Club Boys.

Date Published
January-18-1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Group portraits
  • Autographs

Member of

  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Color photographs (7)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Promotional photographs (1)
  • (-) Group portraits (13)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • Celebrities (5)
  • Lesbians (5)
  • Brunches (4)
  • Fund raising (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Independent bookstores (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Musicians (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • African American men (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Conversation (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • African American men--Clothing (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Bowler hats (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • City halls (1)
  • Dance orchestras (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Gays (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • T-shirts--Social aspects (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women comedians (1)
  • Women entertainers (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women political activists (1)
  • (-) Autographs (13)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (5)
  • LGBTQ+ events (5)
  • LGBTQ+ people (5)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (5)
  • Women's bookshops (5)
  • White lesbians (4)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (3)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Adam, Margie (4)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Berry, Parker (1)
  • Boyer, Pierre, 1942-1997 (1)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Calloway, Chris (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clinton, Kate (1)
  • Coleman, Herschel (1)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (1)
  • Crump, Bob (1)
  • Diggs, Grover (1)
  • Echols, Charlie (1)
  • Ellsworth, Milton (1)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (1)
  • Hampton, Lionel (1)
  • Hite, Les, 1903-1962 (1)
  • Lee, Gene (1)
  • Legge, Jimmy (1)
  • Lewis, Joe (Guitarist) (1)
  • McDonough, Gordon Leo, 1895-1968 (1)
  • Mendosa, Joe (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 (1)
  • Prince, Preston (1)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (1)
  • Shareef, Museyf (1)
  • Shepard, Elvin (1)
  • Smith, Stuff (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Date Published

  • 1992-10-18 (4)
  • 2001-02-19 (2)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1932-03-21 (1)
  • 1937-01-18 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1992-04-04 (1)

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