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Albert Schweitzer and Pablo Casals

Image

Albert Schweitzer and Pablo Casals seated at piano and talking.

Date Published
1959
Member of
Paul Creston Collection

Bettye Miller playing organ in a living room

Image

Bettye Miller playing piano in a living room. The top of the piano includes candlesticks and a Jayhawk figurine. She's facing the camera and smiling.

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

Bruce Katz

Image

Blues musician Bruce Katz turns his head toward his right shoulder and winces as he plays an upright piano. An organ is behind him and to his left...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Ethel Smith

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Ethel Smith playing an organ in a recording studio Smith is holding one hand in the air while looking down and smiling.

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

Ethel Smith

Image

Headshot of organist Ethel Smith looking forward and smiling. Smith is wearing a blouse with a black fabric pattern.

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

Ethel Smith

Image

Ethel Smith playing an organ in a recording studio next to a CBS microphone. Smith is holding one hand in the air while looking to the side and...

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

Everette DeVan sits on the stoop enjoying a beer

Image

Everette Devan smiles as he sits on a step of a stoop with his fingers intertwined and his elbows resting on this thighs. A Budweiser beer can and a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

George Evans, Ethel Smith, and Richard Bellamy

Image

Cartoonist George Evans sitting on the left of a dining table with organist Ethel Smith and actor Ralph Bellamy (Smith's husband).

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

Jimmy McGriff

Image

Headshot of Jimmy McGriff looking forward and smiling. McGriff is wearing a pinstripe suit and striped tie.

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Korla Pandit signing autographs

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Korla Pandit signing autographs to a group while seated at the organ.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Lucky Peterson

Image

Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, wears sunglasses as he looks at the camera with the neck of a Gibson guitar visible on...

Date Published
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Lucky Peterson

Image

Lucky Peterson, blues guitarist, piano player, and organist, stands between the keyboards of an organ and a piano as he hugs the neck of an electric...

Date Published
1989
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Milt Buckner

Image

Milt Buckner on organ, facing to the right.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mitch Woods

Image

Mitch Woods, jump blues piano player, organ player, and singer, sits and smiles down at a keyboard he is playing with the keys jumping off and into...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Mitch Woods

Image

Mitch Woods, jump blues piano player, organ player, and singer, sits in the drivers seat and, with a big grin, hangs his head and his left elbow out...

Date Published
1991
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Wild Bill Davis at the organ

Image

Wild Bill Davis playing organ.

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

Wild Bill Davis at the organ

Image

Wild Bill Davis in a suit and bow tie, playing organ; looking toward the right.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Portrait photographs
  • Organists

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (5)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (1)
  • Paul Creston Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Publicity photographs (10)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (17)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1991-2000 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Pianists (6)
  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Organ (Musical instrument) (2)
  • Singers (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Cartoonists (1)
  • Cellists (1)
  • Jayhawk (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • (-) Organists (17)

Subjects, People

  • Smith, Ethel, 1902-1996 (4)
  • Davis, Wild Bill, 1918-1995 (2)
  • Peterson, Lucky (2)
  • Woods, Mitch (2)
  • Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 (1)
  • Buckner, Milt (1)
  • Cassals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (1)
  • DeVan, Everette, 1950- (1)
  • Evans, George, 1920-2001 (1)
  • Katz, Bruce (Musician) (1)
  • McGriff, Jimmy (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Pandit, Korla (1)
  • Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (4)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1961 (4)
  • 1991 (4)
  • 1970 (3)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1975 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1989 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1995 (1)

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