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3rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Matinee Dance

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Poster advertising the third annual Thanksgiving Day Matinee Dance sponsored by R.T. Coles Veterans Training School from 2PM to 6PM at Prospect Hall...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

America's Greatest Quartet Ink Spots

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Poster advertising concert on Sunday, May 30, 1943, at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City; concert featured the Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder and his...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Sunday, October 11, 1942, featuring Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestral...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Chas. A. Taylor's Latest Edition of Bronze Manikins

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Poster advertising performances at Scott's Club, 18th Street and Highland, Kansas City, for one week starting March 6 through Sunday, March 10...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Class of 1933 group photo at Lincoln High School

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Class of 1933 group photo at Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1933
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Thursday, February 2, 1942, sponsored by Paseo Men's Service Club, featuring "The...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Count Basie and His Orchestra

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Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Monday, April 11, 1938, featuring Count Basie and His Orchestra along with Jimmy...

Date Published
April-11-1938
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Delta Boys presents Breakfast Dance

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Hand drawn poster advertising New Year's Eve Breakfast Dance, Friday, December 31 from 11PM to 5AM, at the Beau Brummel Club, 1729 Lydia, Kansas City...

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Earle's Fall Fashion and Fur Show

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Poster advertising Earle's Fall Fashion and Fur Show on Sunday, October 12, 1952, 8PM, at Music Hall in Municipal Auditorium; attractions include...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Elect Bruce R. Watkins

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Election campaign poster for Bruce R. Watkins, Freedom Inc. candidate on the Democrat ballot for circuit clerk, Kansas City; includes a black and...

Date Published
1966
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Elect Warren James

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Election campaign poster for Warren James, Freedom Inc. candidate on the Democrat ballot for 10th District State Representative, Kansas City; includes...

Date Published
1966
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Fall Festival

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Poster for Fall Festival, October 18, 19, & 20, 6PM- 10:30PM, at Church of the Holy Spirit, 25th and Brooklyn; advertising prizes and refreshment...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Freedom now

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Election campaign poster for William Carson, Freedom Inc. candidate on the Democrat ballot for 14th District State Representative, Missouri; includes...

Date Published
1968
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Freedom now!

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Election campaign poster for Freedom Inc. candidates on the Democrat ballot representing the 2nd Ward, Kansas City: Bruce R. Watkins and Catherine...

Date Published
1968
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Gala Cabaret Party and Floor Show

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Poster advertising Gala Cabaret Party and Floor Show presented by AMVETS at Armory on 18th and Highland on Sunday, June 29, 1947, 10PM to 2AM; music...

Date Published
1947
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Gigantic Easter Cabaret Matinee featuring Gene Carter and Orchestra

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Poster advertising Easter Cabaret Matinee performance presented by Progress Patrol, April 13, 1952, from 4PM to 8PM at Armory on 18th & Highland...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Jack Schenk presents Darktown Scandals

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Poster advertising performances at Boone Theatre, Kansas City, for eight days commencing Saturday, September 27, 1941; featured events include a...

Date Published
1941
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Jimmy Keith's Swingtet

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Concert poster advertising Jimmy Keith's Swingtet featuring Joe Coleman, "singing discovery of the year!"

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

M&R Employment Agency

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Poster advertising employment and rental services for M & R Employment Agency at 3835 Prospect; jobs listed include "Chauffeurs, Butlers, Waiters...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Public Health Aspects of Tuberculosis

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Poster advertising public talk presented by the Tuberculosis Society and Health Department of Kansas City as part of National Negro Health Week titled...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

R.T. Coles Veterans Third Annual Xmas Frolic

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Poster advertising third annual Xmas Frolic presented by R.T. Coles Veterans School on Monday, December 26, 1949, at New Prospect Hall, 22nd &...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Re-elect Alan Wheat

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Election campaign poster for Alan Wheat, Freedom Inc. candidate on the Democrat ballot for 26th District State Representative, Missouri; includes a...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

S.S. Savoy to Hawaii

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Poster advertising "S.S. Savoy To Hawaii" presented by Lincoln Junior College on November 17, 8:00 PM at Lincoln High Auditorium & Gym; admission 65...

Date Published
1951
1955
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

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Member of

  • (-) Brian Thurn Collection (37)

Types

  • posters (28)
  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Posters (28)
  • Lithographs (17)
  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Screen prints (9)
  • Concert posters (8)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Dance posters (6)
  • Political posters (6)
  • Drawings (2)
  • Performing arts posters (1)
  • Theatrical posters (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (17)
  • 1951-1960 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (6)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Dance music (12)
  • African American politicians (5)
  • Dances (5)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • African American freemasons (2)
  • African American men (2)
  • City council members (2)
  • Women politicians (2)
  • African American high school students (1)
  • Beauty operators (1)
  • Employment agencies (1)
  • Fashion shows (1)
  • Festivals (1)
  • High school students (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Musical theater (1)
  • Picnics (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Public health (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 18th and Vine District (12)
  • 14th Street (6)
  • Central Street (5)
  • Jackson County (Mo.) (5)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (4)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (37)

Subjects, People

  • Lovett, Baby (3)
  • Vale, Teddy (3)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Dairs, Lotty (2)
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (2)
  • Bacon, Trevor (1)
  • Bates, Peg Lee (1)
  • Brown, Roderick (1)
  • Bryant, Sterling H. (1)
  • Carson, William, approximately 1930- (1)
  • Coleman, Joe (Musician) (1)
  • Cox, Ida, 1889-1967 (1)
  • James, Warren (1)
  • King, Jim (Musician) (1)
  • Matthews, Pee Wee (Musician) (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Mills, Jessie (1)
  • Mitchell, Catherine (1)
  • Moore, Charley (1)
  • Rutledge, Wilbert E. (1)
  • Schenck, Jack (1)
  • Spaulding, Marva Louis (1)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (1)
  • Webb, Carl (1)
  • Wheat, Alan, 1951- (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (10)
  • 1950 (8)
  • 1951 (7)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1955 (3)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1952 (2)
  • 1966 (2)
  • 1968 (2)
  • 1933 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1938-04-11 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1969 (1)
  • 1976 (1)

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