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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

Bank… with Complete Confidence

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Poster advertising services for Douglass State Bank; services include "Checking accounts, 1 1/2% interest paid on savings accounts, Safe deposit boxes...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

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 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

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

Display case advertising a Philharmonic Connoisseur Concert

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Display case advertising a Philharmonic Connoisseur Concert featuring William Dawson (composer of the Negro Folk Symphony), January 29, 8:30pm, at...

Date Published
1941
1950
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

Football

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Poster advertising Homecoming football game for Lincoln University vs. Wilberforce University at Lincoln Field on Saturday, November 1, 2:00PM; $1.25...

Date Published
1941
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

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

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

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

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

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Member of

  • (-) Brian Thurn Collection (40)

Types

  • photographs (29)
  • posters (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (29)
  • Gelatin silver prints (29)
  • Portrait photographs (27)
  • Snapshots (25)
  • Group portraits (16)
  • Posters (11)
  • Lithographs (9)
  • Concert posters (5)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Dance posters (3)
  • Screen prints (2)
  • Sports posters (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (40)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (20)
  • African American men (9)
  • Dance music (7)
  • African American women (5)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Dances (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American football players (1)
  • African American universities and colleges (1)
  • Banks and banking (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Public health (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (1)
  • Sprinters (1)
  • Track and field athletes (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (17)
  • 18th and Vine District (11)
  • 14th Street (3)
  • Central Street (3)
  • Jefferson City (Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Lovett, Baby (3)
  • Vale, Teddy (3)
  • Dairs, Lotty (2)
  • Stafford, Bobby (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Bacon, Trevor (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Bates, Peg Lee (1)
  • Brown, Roderick (1)
  • Cox, Ida, 1889-1967 (1)
  • Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970 (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Moore, Gatemouth, 1913-2004 (1)
  • Schenck, Jack (1)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (27)
  • 1950 (25)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1947 (1)

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