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Myra Taylor

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor

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Myra Taylor in a publicity photograph. She's wearing a beanie cap, smiling up to her left, and holding her hands up and open by her face. Below the...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Evie Quarles 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 at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her left hand during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2000

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Myra Taylor sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-24-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor dancing

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Jazz singer Myra Taylor dancing.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Myra Taylor during the Living Blues Photo Shoot

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Myra Taylor, holds on to the brim of her hat with both hands with a big grin on her face during the Living Blues Weekend Photo Shoot. A cane handle is...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor recording

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Myra Taylor sitting in a wheelchair with headphones on and singing into a microphone at the Myra Taylor Recording Session at the Airborne Audio...

Date Published
July-31-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor smiles at Unity Temple on the Plaza

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Myra Taylor smiles to her right while holding a microphone in her left hand and wearing a suit with sequin flowers at Unity Temple on the Plaza.

Date Published
February-06-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Publicity photo of Myra Taylor

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Publicity photo of Myra Taylor singing. She is standing near a microphone and looking forward while holding her hands forward. She is wearing a...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Publicity photo of Myra Taylor

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Publicity photo of Myra Taylor dancing. She is standing on one leg and kicking the other leg to the side while raising her arms. She is smiling and...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection
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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (6)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (3)
  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (1)
  • (-) Portrait photographs (11)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1991-2000 (3)
  • 2001-2010 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (6)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Blues musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • African American women dancers (2)
  • African American women singers (2)
  • Blues festivals (2)
  • Music festivals (2)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • (-) Taylor, Myra (11)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 1946 (4)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1999-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000-06-24 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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