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Charles Owen playing saxophone

Image

Charles Owen, facing the right of the photo, playing saxophone at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; a few audience members can be seen behind him.

Date Published
July-05-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Charles Owen playing saxophone

Image

Charles Owens playing saxophone at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego; wearing a black jacket and facing the right of the photo; partial views of...

Date Published
July-05-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

Image

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone amongst a set of tables with audience members around him; wearing a red hat and suspenders with sunglasses at the...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Flo singing and dancing for the Westport crowd

Image

"Flo" (John Koop) of Missy B's performing at Out in Westport in the McCoy's Public House parking lot wearing a bright purple dress and pointing with...

Date Published
2002
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Grace Bell taking a photograph

Image

Grace Bell taking a photograph, camera to her face, while laughing; other audience members can be seen behind her; at "An Evening of Note", honoring...

Date Published
September-26-2009
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Grace Marion speaks during a MANA de Kansas City event

Image

Grace Marion, a Mexican American woman, stands behind a podium on the floor in front of a stage and speaks into a microphone during an unidentified...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
MANA de Kansas City Collection

Ironman Harris at his drum set

Image

Ironman Harris seated at his drum set and looking directly at the camera; photo taken from behind a bar and two patrons can be partially seen along...

Date Published
July-05-1995
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

Image

Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and performing outdoors playing an electronic piano with a set list at the edge of the keyboard; at the 2004 Western...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing an electronic piano

Image

Jay McShann wearing a ball cap and performing outdoors playing an electronic piano at the 2004 Western Maryland Blues Festival; behind McShann are...

Date Published
March-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann playing piano on stage; facing the right of the photo; microphones and some audience members can be seen in the foreground.

Date Published
September-1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann playing piano at an unidentified event; facing the right of the photo with a row of microphones set up along the stage; the heads of a few...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano

Image

Jay McShann playing piano on stage; photo taken from behind and the to the side; other musicians can only partly be seen from behind standing in front...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano at an outdoor concert

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Jay McShann playing piano and looking away from the camera during an unidentified outdoor concert; audience member can be seen beyond him.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann playing piano during an outdoor concert

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Jay McShann playing piano on stage during an unidentified outdoor concert with speakers and stage lighting around him; a banner above the stage reads...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann smiling for the camera

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Close up shot of Jay McShann smiling for the camera and an unidentified event in Brownsville, Nebraska; other people can be seen behind him.

Date Published
1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Cheatham at the piano

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Jeannie Cheatham playing at piano with a microphone in front of her; she has a glass of brandy (likely) and sheet music in front of her; she's facing...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jimmy Cheatham on stage

Image

Jimmy Cheatham on stage talking to a crowd gathered around him; he's wearing a red beret and casual, gray suit; at Harbor Island, San Diego.

Date Published
1981
1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Large group of musicians at KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee

Image

Side angle photograph of a large group of musicians performing onstage for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at the...

Date Published
October-07-1949
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Large group of musicians at KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee

Image

Large group of African American and white male musicians performing for KFWB's 2nd Dixieland Jubilee stage show in front of an audience at Shriner...

Date Published
October-07-1949
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louis Armstrong with his audience

Image

Louis Armstrong smiling and interacting with his audience of mostly white children while holding his trumpet; performing with Zutty Singleton, Bobby...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mark Johnson at the Junior Volunteer recognition awards

Image

Mark Johnson seated in the foreground of the audience at the Junior Volunteer Recognition Awards at Children's Mercy Hospital. An African American man...

Date Published
January-01-1989
December-31-1989
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Milt Abel playing bass

Image

Milt Abel playing bass with a microphone on a stand in front of him. The photo is taken from the behind an audience, of which two members' heads are...

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

Panel forum on "The home - What does it hold for the teen?" at the KC Mace Conference, 1967

Image

Panel of presenters: woman standing at podium and four seated, facing a seated audience; with sign mounted behind the panel: "The home - What does it...

Date Published
October-03-1967
Member of
Martha Jane Starr Collection

Panel forum on "The teen and their environment" at the KC Mace Conference, 1967

Image

Seated panel of presenters with a woman standing at podium in center; on stage facing conference attendees; with sign mounted behind the panel: "The...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
Martha Jane Starr Collection

Performer at the Colony Club

Image

Unidentified drag queen on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's wearing a sleeveless, backless blue evening gown and her body is...

Date Published
March-1961
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection

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Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (8)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (7)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (7)
  • MANA de Kansas City Collection (4)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (34)

Genres

  • Color photographs (27)
  • Snapshots (27)
  • Group portraits (10)
  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Slides (7)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (36)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (5)
  • 1991-2000 (5)
  • 2001-2010 (4)
  • 1941-1950 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (19)
  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • Men, White (16)
  • African American men (15)
  • Microphone (11)
  • Piano (11)
  • Pianists (10)
  • Drag queens (8)
  • Drag shows (8)
  • Gay men (8)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (7)
  • Gay bars (6)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Entertainers (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Hispanic American women (4)
  • Mexican American women (4)
  • Hats (3)
  • Orators (3)
  • Saxophone (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (3)
  • Banners (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Congresses and conventions (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Electronic piano (2)
  • Fans (Machinery) (2)
  • Forums (Discussion and debate) (2)
  • Laughter (2)
  • Teenagers (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Berets (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Lists (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Mexican Americans (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Stage lighting--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Suspenders (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women photographers (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) Audiences (36)

Subjects, Community

  • White gay men (8)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (8)
  • LGBTQ+ people (6)
  • LGBTQ+ events (3)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (9)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Westport (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Arnold, Skip (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Owens, Charles, 1939- (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Bell, Grace (1)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Durrett, Warren (1)
  • Flo (Drag queen) (1)
  • Hackett, Bobby (1)
  • Harris, John, 1935 January 15- (1)
  • Johnson, Mark (Volunteer) (1)
  • Marion, Grace (1)
  • Peagler, Curtis (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)

Events

  • WDAF's Dixieland Jubilee (1949 : Los Angeles) (2)
  • Western Maryland Blues Festival (2004) (2)
  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)
  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (1)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1981 (8)
  • 1990 (7)
  • 1959-11 (5)
  • 1995-07-05 (3)
  • 1949-10-07 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1961-03 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 2004-03 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1955-09-26 (1)
  • 1967-10 (1)
  • 1967-10-03 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1989-01-01 (1)
  • 1989-06 (1)
  • 1989-12-31 (1)
  • 1990-09 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2009-09-26 (1)

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