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Apollo Theater show

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Apollo Theatre photomontage featuring several images of performances at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York.

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

Big Joe Turner with microphone

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Joe Turner speaking or singing into a microphone; facing the left.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bump and the Soul Stompers

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Publicity photo of Bump and The Soul Stompers, featuring six unidentified musicians playing instruments.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

C and the Shells

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Publicity photo of C and the Shells, featuring Calvin White, Andrea Bolden, and Lonzine White.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Capitols

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Publicity photo of The Capitols, featuring Samuel George, Don Storball, Richard Mitchell In a dance pose.

Date Published
1966
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Capitols

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Publicity photo of The Capitols, featuring Samuel George, Don Storball, Richard Mitchell wearing striped tuxedo jackets.

Date Published
July-1966
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Chairmen of the Board

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Publicity photo of Chairmen of the Board featuring General Johnson, Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Harrison Kennedy.

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Chairmen of the Board

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Publicity photo of Chairmen of the Board featuring General Johnson, Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Harrison Kennedy at a construction site.

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Gaslight

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Publicity photo for the Gaslight featuring four unidentified members.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Group of five musicians

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Group of five musicians (left to right): unidentified saxophonist; unidentified female (standing); Harold Rice, guitarist; unidentified drummer; Bobby...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Group of four mostly unidentified male and an unidentified female musician

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Group of four mostly unidentified male and an unidentified female musician posing with saxophone and guitar. The guitarist is Harold Rice and the...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Group of four mostly unidentified male musicians

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Group of four mostly unidentified male musicians playing saxophone, Harold Rice on guitar and Bobby Burnett on synthesizer and an unidentified drummer...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Group of four mostly unidentified male musicians and an unidentified female musician

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Group of four mostly unidentified male musicians and an unidentified female musician posing with saxophone, Harold Rice on the guitar, Bobby Burnett...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Group of four unidentified male musicians

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Group of four unidentified male musicians on saxophone, guitar and synthesizer

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Men with djembes

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Four unidentified African American men in traditional African dress seated in a row with large djembe drums at the Annual National Black Storytelling...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Mighty Sensations

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Publicity photo of the Mighty Sensations featuring seven unidentified band members.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Nivicos

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Publicity photo of Nivicos featuring six unidentified band members wearing matching shirts and sunglasses.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

On stage at the Colony Club

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Unidentified female impersonator in a bright green dress and matching earrings on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's in front of...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

On stage at the Colony Club

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Unidentified man with unidentified drag queen and musical band (African American musicians) behind them playing on stage at the Colony Club in Kansas...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

One Life to Live

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Publicity photo of One Life to Live, featuring eight unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Publicity photo of the Mighty Clouds of Joy

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Publicity photo of the Mighty Clouds of Joy, featuring Joe Ligon, Jimmy Jones, Johnny Martin, Ermant Franklin Jr., Artis Turnbough, Elmo Franklin...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Publicity print for Frank Williams and the Rocketeers and Louis Howard

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Publicity print for Frank Williams and the Rocketeers featuring Frank Williams, Louis Howard, Robert Ferguson, William "Little Beaver" Hale, Abe Meeks...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Publicity print for Frank Williams and the Rocketeers and Louis Howard

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Publicity print for Frank Williams and the Rocketeers featuring Frank Williams, Louis Howard, Robert Ferguson, William "Little Beaver" Hale, Abe Meeks...

Date Published
1971
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Royal Rockers Band with the "5" Royal's

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Publicity photo of the Royal Rockers Band with the "5" Royal's.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

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Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women are on stage dressed as enslaved persons in...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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Member of

  • Allan Bell Collection (24)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (30)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (25)
  • Gelatin silver prints (25)
  • Portrait photographs (24)
  • Publicity photographs (19)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Photomechanical prints (2)
  • Slides (2)
  • (-) Group portraits (30)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (16)
  • 1961-1970 (15)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 2001-2010 (1)

Subjects

  • Soul musicians (6)
  • African American singers (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (2)
  • Drag queens (2)
  • Gay bars (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Rock musicians (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American dancers (1)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Cotton (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Djembe (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Enslaved persons (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • (-) African American musicians (30)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • White gay men (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)

Subjects, People

  • Burnett, Bobby (Pianist) (4)
  • Rice, Harold (Guitarist) (4)
  • Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 (1)

Events

  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1976 (16)
  • 1961 (12)
  • 1971 (11)
  • 1970 (8)
  • 1967-10 (2)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1966-07 (1)
  • 2006-11 (1)

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