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Harry James and an unidentified man

Image

Unidentified man in Western outfit smiling and facing Harry James. James is facing the man and smiling while holding his trumpet under one arm.

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

Harry James and an unidentified man in uniform

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Harry James looking up while playing trumpet as an unidentified man in military uniform looks on.

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

Harry James and Betty Grable

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Harry James hugging Betty Grable. James is leaning forward and smiling. Grable is reaching up to put her arms around James.

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

Harry James and Betty Grable

Image

Harry James and Betty Grable sitting together with unidentified people in the background. James and Grable are both wrapping arms around each other...

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

Harry James and Betty Grable

Image

Harry James and Betty Grable embracing. James is looking at Grable and smiling. Grable is turning her head forward and smiling.

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

Harry James and Carmen Miranda

Image

Harry James and Carmen Miranda playing cards on a sofa. Miranda is smiling and sitting on the couch, wearing a hair wrap and a shirt exposing her...

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

Harry James and Helen Ward

Image

Harry James sitting on a stool holding his trumpet, looking to the side and smiling. Helen Ward (likely) is sitting on a stool next to James, looking...

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

Harry James playing trumpet as Helen Ward holds music

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Singer Helen Ward holding music while standing next to Harry James. James is playing the trumpet while looking at the music.

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

Harry James playing trumpet with band

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Harry James playing trumpet with an unidentified pianist, bassist and guitarist. James is leaning over the piano and smiling.

Date Published
July-03-1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry James with birthday cake

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Harry James blowing out candles on a birthday cake for his 30th birthday. James is leaning over the cake with Betty Grable directly behind him...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Harry James' reenactment

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Publicity photo of Harry James performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the Benny Goodman Orchestra's 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Recording the soundtrack

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Buck Clayton, Harry James and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely as part of the...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Recording the soundtrack

Image

Publicity photo of Buck Clayton, Harry James and a group of unidentified musicians performing in a recording studio in Hollywood, California, likely...

Date Published
1955
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • James, Harry, 1916-1983

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (10)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (13)
  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • (-) Group portraits (13)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (10)

Subjects

  • Trumpet players (13)
  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Conductors (Music) (9)
  • Actresses (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Sound studios (2)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Musical films (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, People

  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (4)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Ward, Helen, 1916-1998 (2)
  • Miranda, Carmen, 1909-1955 (1)
  • (-) James, Harry, 1916-1983 (13)

Date Published

  • 1945 (8)
  • 1941 (7)
  • 1955 (3)
  • 1945-07-03 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1950 (1)

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