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Al "Delightful De" Bartee with an unidentified man at the Elder Statesmen Awards

Image

Al "Delightful De" Bartee speaking with an unidentified man at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is reading from a book on...

Date Published
August-21-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man

Image

Al "Delightful De" Bartee, Julie Turner, and an unidentified man standing for a photo at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Andrews Sisters carrying packages

Image

The Andrews Sisters, Laverne, Patty, and Maxene, wearing pantsuits and carrying packages through a doorway while laughing.

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

Anne Shelley speaking

Image

Anne Shelley speaking into a microphone with other women entertainers looking on, including one woman with keyboards; at Phoenix Books' grand opening...

Date Published
March-07-1992
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service actresses

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Jinx Falkenburg, Marilyn Maxwell, an unidentified white man in a service uniform, Lucille Ball...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Audience at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Audience sitting and standing in front of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Julie Turner is sitting on the...

Date Published
September-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Barbara Higbie and Teresa Trull

Image

Publicity photo head shot of Barbara Higbie and Teresa Trull standing side by side and looking directly at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club"

Image

B.G. DeSylva presents Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club" with Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley, Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian, Mikhail Rasumny...

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

Bettye Miller and Ketty Lester

Image

Bettye Miller standing with Ketty Lester outside on a patio. Both have jackets on and are smiling at something to the right of the photo. Director...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bob Branstetter and Lisa Henry at the Levee Bar & Grill

Image

Bob Branstetter and Lisa Henry performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Branstetter is playing a bass while...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Buddy Cole and Yvonne King

Image

Buddy Cole and Yvonne King reading scripts at an American microphone. Cole is wearing a suit, looking down at papers in his hand, and smiling. King is...

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

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany at the City Light Jazz Club

Image

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Both Comer and Mahogany are singing into microphone...

Date Published
July-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany at the City Light Jazz Club

Image

Carol Comer and Kevin Mahogany performing at the City Light Jazz Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Both Comer and Mahogany are singing into microphone...

Date Published
July-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carol Comer speaking at the Elder Statesmen Awards

Image

Carol Comer speaking at the Elder Statesmen Awards in Kansas City, Missouri. She is standing at a podium and holding a microphone on a stand. She is...

Date Published
August-21-1992
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Carol Smith and Joyce Constant playing guitar and singing

Image

Carol Smith and Joyce Constant singing and playing guitars in front of microphones at Phoenix Books; an unidentified white woman, possibly Cheryl...

Date Published
1989
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Casselberry-Dupreé

Image

Publicity photo of the reggae folk duo Casselberry-Dupreé: (left to right) Judith Casselberry and Jacque Dupreé. They are each posing with a guitar...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Charles Wheeler with a group of female singers

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Charles Wheeler, mayor of Kansas City, with a group of unidentified white female singers at Children's Mercy Hospital. Wheeler is raising one arm and...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Cherish the Ladies group photo

Image

Publicity photo of the group Cherish the Ladies all posed together and holding their instruments as if about to play; cushions with other instruments...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Child patients watching an unidentified woman sing and play

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Patients (two white girls, one partially seen child, and an African American boy) watching an unidentified white woman sing and play at the Trench Rat...

Date Published
October-31-1967
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Clara Ward & Her Gospel Singers

Image

Publicity photo of Clara Ward & Her Gospel Singers featuring Clara and five unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

CommonbonD portrait

Image

Publicity photo of CommonbonD (two unidentified white women) facing the camera and smiling.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

CommonbonD with guitars

Image

Publicity photo of CommonbonD taken from a point above the pair of unidentified white women; both holding guitars.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Connie Haines, Al Jarvis, Walter Rubsamen, and Eddie Dein on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

Image

Connie Haines, Al Jarvis, Walter Rubsamen, and Eddie Dein sitting at tables with microphones in a tile studio for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That"...

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

Count Basie and Carmen Miranda at Command Performance

Image

Publicity photo of Count Basie at piano and Carmen Miranda holding percussive shaker at Command Performance. Basie is sitting at the piano wearing a...

Date Published
1936
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Country Western musicians performing

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Country Western musicians (all white) performing at Children's Mercy Hospital. One woman is singing into a microphone. Two men are playing guitars...

Date Published
1967
1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

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Member of

  • Betty Crow Collection (169)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (38)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (32)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (12)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (9)
  • Paul Creston Collection (4)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (3)
  • Allan Bell Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (266)

Genres

  • Snapshots (223)
  • Portrait photographs (201)
  • Color photographs (180)
  • Black & white photographs (90)
  • Gelatin silver prints (90)
  • Publicity photographs (47)
  • (-) Group portraits (270)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (211)
  • 1941-1950 (26)
  • 1961-1970 (9)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (7)
  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1981-1990 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (177)
  • Double bassists (114)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (112)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (88)
  • Keyboard players (66)
  • Women, White (49)
  • African American jazz musicians (47)
  • Women musicians (44)
  • Entertainers (41)
  • Lesbians (39)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (38)
  • Saxophonists (26)
  • African American women (20)
  • Guitar (16)
  • Microphone (16)
  • Musical instruments (16)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (15)
  • Trumpet players (13)
  • Guitar players (11)
  • Men, White (10)
  • African American men (9)
  • Fiddlers (8)
  • Guitarists (8)
  • Bass guitarists (7)
  • Choirs (Music) (7)
  • Hospital administrators (7)
  • Independent bookstores (7)
  • Lawyers (7)
  • Male singers (7)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (7)
  • African American women jazz singers (6)
  • Actors (5)
  • Actresses (5)
  • Comedians (5)
  • Banners (4)
  • Composers (4)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Chekeré (3)
  • Costume (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autoharp (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Festivals (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Interpreters for the deaf (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Parking lots (2)
  • Radio talk show hosts (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Wheelchairs (2)
  • Women entertainers (2)
  • Accordion (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American singers (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Books (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Cushions (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Electronic keyboard (Synthesizer) (1)
  • Flute (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Guiro (1)
  • Halloween costumes (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Lyricists (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Mandolin (1)
  • Masks (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Models (Persons) (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Musicians, Celtic (1)
  • Nudity (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Reggae musicians (1)
  • Shelving for books (1)
  • Show windows (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Stained glass windows (1)
  • Toy instruments (1)
  • Western saddles (1)
  • Wigs (1)
  • Windows (1)
  • (-) Women singers (270)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (38)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (36)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (34)
  • White lesbians (33)
  • LGBTQ+ events (9)
  • Women's bookshops (7)
  • Gay liberation (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (5)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (5)
  • African-American lesbians (4)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • Gay pride (2)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (2)
  • Rainbow flags (2)
  • Black lesbians (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (178)
  • Central Street (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Westport (2)
  • White Springs (Fla.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hicks, Bryan (67)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (45)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (41)
  • McMahon, Mary (Musician) (34)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (28)
  • Ray, Diane (19)
  • Bell, Sylvia (13)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (12)
  • Allyson, Karrin (11)
  • Bowman, Warren, 1934-2003 (9)
  • Dexter, Dave (9)
  • Ning, Mike (9)
  • Bartee, Al (8)
  • Comer, Carol (8)
  • DeMasters, Tom (8)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (8)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (7)
  • Caplan, Marc (7)
  • Long, Russ (7)
  • Meynier, Billy (7)
  • Watson, Maurice (Of Counsel) (7)
  • Anderson, Jackie (Musician) (6)
  • Driskill, Joan (6)
  • Gould, Barry (6)
  • Hill, Rich (Musician) (6)
  • Caldwell, Bill (Saxophonist) (5)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (5)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (5)
  • Miller, Pam (Musician) (5)
  • Williamson, Cris (5)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (4)
  • Amaro, Big John (4)
  • Barry, Ken (4)
  • Branstetter, Bob (4)
  • Fure, Tret (4)
  • Hendricks, Rick (4)
  • Simpson, Christy (Musician) (4)
  • Smith, Carol (Musician) (4)
  • Smith, Paul (Paul E.) (4)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (3)
  • Costello, Jori (3)
  • Creston, Paul, 1906-1985 (3)
  • Godbey, Russ (3)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (3)
  • Kelly, Julie, 1947- (3)
  • Loon, Harry Van (3)
  • Strait, Todd (3)
  • Wilkinson, Todd R. (3)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (2)
  • Anderson, Ricky (2)
  • Bee, Molly (2)
  • Brewer, Teresa (2)
  • Constant, Joyce (2)
  • Dein, Eddie (2)
  • De Marchi, Ray (2)
  • DeVol, Frank (2)
  • Embrey, Danny (2)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (2)
  • Gilbert, Ronnie (2)
  • Gillette, Leland James (2)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (2)
  • Harmon, Brian (Musician) (2)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (2)
  • Jones, Carmell (2)
  • Jones, Sherry (Musician) (2)
  • Kessler, Stan (2)
  • Koch, Lisa (2)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (2)
  • Lewis, Carroll C. (Carroll Carson), 1927-2009 (2)
  • Lucas, Dennis (Musician) (2)
  • Mahogany, Kevin (2)
  • Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955 (2)
  • Morahan, Brian (2)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (2)
  • Near, Holly (2)
  • Platt, Peggy (2)
  • Porch, Earla (2)
  • Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973 (2)
  • Ruzich, Larry (2)
  • Severns, Tamara (2)
  • Sivils, Gary (2)
  • Stafford, Jo (2)
  • Strozier, Mark (2)
  • Trull, Teresa (2)
  • Washington, Sandra (2)
  • Washington, Sharon (Musician) (2)
  • White, Ned (Musician) (2)
  • Wilson, Linda (Activist) (2)
  • Ahern, Bob (1)
  • Almeida, Laurindo (1)
  • Aspen, Kristan, 1948- (1)
  • Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bell, Herman (Musician) (1)
  • Berge, Cheryl (1)
  • Bilardo, Vince (1)
  • Block, Martin, 1903-1967 (1)
  • Bowman, Marcia (1)
  • Bunn, Jimmy (1)
  • Butler, George, 1931-2008 (1)
  • Carpenter, Karen, 1950-1983 (1)
  • Carpenter, Richard, 1946- (1)
  • Casselberry, Judith (1)
  • Cole, Buddy (1)
  • Coleman, Emil, 1894-1965 (1)
  • Davidson, Miriam (Musician) (1)
  • Decker, Eve (1)
  • Dennis, Kay (Musician) (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Dunn, Gerald (1)
  • Dupreé, Jacque (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Falkenburg, Jinx, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Farmer, Sandra (1)
  • Finley, Larry (1)
  • Flo (Drag queen) (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Frank, Cindy (Singer) (1)
  • Heartwood, Kiya (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hopkins, Marion (1)
  • Howard, Eugene (1)
  • Howard, Jacque (1)
  • Hunt, Kelley (1)
  • Hutton, Betty (1)
  • James, Harry, 1916-1983 (1)
  • Kean, Patti (1)
  • Kenton, Stan (1)
  • King, Yvonne, 1920-2009 (1)
  • Kostelanetz, Andre, 1901-1980 (1)
  • Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996 (1)
  • Lester, Ketty (1)
  • Lewis, Zoë (Singer) (1)
  • Logan, Ella, 1913-1969 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Lundvall, Bruce, 1935-2015 (1)
  • Lyons, Jimmy (1)
  • MacAuslan, Janna (1)
  • Mair, Jim, 1966- (1)
  • Martin, Ted (Vocalist) (1)
  • Maxwell, Marilyn (1)
  • McLean, Maurine (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McVea, Jack (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Monsur, Melanie (1)
  • Morrissey, Pat (Musician) (1)
  • Nelson, Carole (1)
  • Nidorf, Mike (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Park, Kim (1)
  • Perryman, Tim (1)
  • Peters, Roberta, 1930- (1)
  • Pons, Lily, 1898-1976 (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Pritchett, Andrea (1)
  • Ramirez, Abel (1)
  • Richard, Sylvie (Musician) (1)
  • Rogers, Lisa (Musician) (1)
  • Romay, Lina (1)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (1)
  • Rutstein, Sonia (1)
  • Shaffer, Lloyd (1)
  • Shelley, Anne (1)
  • Smith, Kate, 1907-1986 (1)
  • Stander, Lionel (1)
  • Starr, Kay (1)
  • Straley, Susan Faust (1)
  • Streisand, Barbara (1)
  • Styne, Jule, 1905-1994 (1)
  • Thiele, Bob (1)
  • Tillery, Linda (1)
  • Van Sant, Richard (1)
  • Vernon, Mary Ann (1)
  • Wakely, Jimmy, 1914-1982 (1)
  • Walsh, Maria (Musician) (1)
  • Ward, Clara, 1924-1973 (1)
  • Warner, Duck (1)
  • Wheeler, Charles B. (Charles Bertan), 1926- (1)
  • Whiting, Margaret (1)
  • Williams, Joyce (Singer) (1)
  • Wolf, Kate, 1966- (1)
  • Zeiler, Lisa (1)

Events

  • Kansas City International Jazz Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • National Women's Choral Festival (1989 : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1991 (154)
  • 1995 (110)
  • 2000 (36)
  • 1945 (22)
  • 1950 (13)
  • 1991-10 (13)
  • 1941 (9)
  • 1991-10-05 (8)
  • 1992 (8)
  • 1999 (8)
  • 2004-02-03 (7)
  • 1992-08-21 (6)
  • 1992-07 (5)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1989 (4)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1968 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1991-09 (3)
  • 1991-09-21 (3)
  • 1992-03-07 (3)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1946-11-17 (2)
  • 1955 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1992-09 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1993-11 (2)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1954-08-03 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1968-02-10 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1970-04 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1975-01-01 (1)
  • 1975-12-31 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1993-03 (1)
  • 1994-03 (1)

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