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Bettye Miller

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Publicity photo of Bettye Miller seated at piano.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bob Wilson and unidentified musicians

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Bob Wilson (second from right) and unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bobby Stafford performing with two unidentified men

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Bobby Stafford (center) performing with two unidentified men.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Bobby Stafford performing with two unidentified men

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Bobby Stafford (center) performing with two unidentified men.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Cab Calloway

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Close-up headshot of Cab Calloway.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Promotional photo of Count Basie seated at the piano.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Duke Ellington

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Headshot of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Duke Garrette Featured With Lionel Hampton's Orchestra

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Publicity photo of Duke Garrette playing trumpet; caption reads: Duke Garrette Featured With Lionel Hampton's Orchestra.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore performing at the Chaz Paree

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Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore performing at the Chaz Paree in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1945
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Eddie South

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Publicity photo of Eddie South holding violin.

Date Published
April-16-1933
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor at microphone

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor at microphone.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor dancing

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor dancing.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (seated, left) and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (far left) and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett and unidentified musicians at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett (drums) and unidentified musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Teddy and Lotty of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Teddy (guitar) and Lotty (bass) of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Teddy and Lotty of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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Teddy (guitar) and Lotty (bass) of the Vale-Dairs performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

The Vale-Dairs band performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

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The Vale-Dairs band with unidentified local musicians performing at the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Three unidentified African American boys near an unidentified street corner

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Three unidentified African American boys (ca. 10 years old?) posing near an unidentified street corner.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Three unidentified African American men in "Brooklyn Cone and Grill"

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Three unidentified African American men posing in front of a wall menu for "Brooklyn Cone and Grill".

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Two unidentified African-American men posing on a sidewalk

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Two unidentified African-American men posing on a sidewalk; an unidentified market, advertising poultry and fish, and "Pig-in-a-Pit Bar-B-Q" are in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified group outside the Musicians Protective Union Local 627

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Unidentified group outside the Musicians Protective Union Local 627 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified group seated around a table

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Unidentified group of African American men and women seated around a table at the Casino Drive Inn on Truman Road in Independence, Missouri. One of...

Date Published
December-1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Unidentified group seated around a table

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Unidentified group of African American men and women seated around a table at an unidentified nightclub.

Date Published
December-1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

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  • (-) Brian Thurn Collection (34)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (34)
  • Gelatin silver prints (34)
  • Snapshots (24)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Publicity photographs (10)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (34)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (27)
  • 1931-1940 (5)
  • 1921-1930 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (21)
  • African American men (8)
  • African American women (5)
  • African American women jazz singers (5)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (8)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (8)

Subjects, People

  • Lovett, Baby (3)
  • Taylor, Myra (3)
  • Vale, Teddy (3)
  • Dairs, Lotty (2)
  • Stafford, Bobby (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Moore, Gatemouth, 1913-2004 (1)
  • South, Eddie, 1904-1962 (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (22)
  • 1950 (22)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1933-04-16 (1)
  • 1945 (1)

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