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"Ship Ahoy" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

Image

Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Red Skelton, and Eleanor Powell posed in a publicity shot for the film "Ship Ahoy." Dorsey is playing trombone while Rich...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring comedians

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Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, and Jack Benny wearing suits and making facial expressions during a comedy...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring entertainers

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Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Edgar Bergen rehearsing for a show. All are looking at papers while...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo

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Armed Forces Radio Service group photo of Command Performance U.S.A. stage performance. Dozens of unidentified musicians in uniform and wearing suits...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring (left to right) an unidentified man, Jimmy Durante, Jerry Colonna, an unidentified woman, Frank...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Artie Auerbach as Mr. Kitzel

Image

Mr. Kitzel (Artie Auerbach, featured comedian of the Jack Benny Show) seems to have charmed an extra long hot dog into performing for his customers...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on "Can You Tie That"

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Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, an unidentified man (standing in the background), and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones and water pitchers for a...

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

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on "Can You Tie That"

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Bing Crosby and Bob Hope seated at tables with microphones and water pitchers for a recording of "Can You Tie That," KLAC radio program hosted by Al...

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

Bing Crosby, Dave Dexter, Ella Logan, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope

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Bing Crosby, Dave Dexter, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope standing left to right behind Ella Logan. Logan is sitting at a table with a KLAC microphone. Crosby...

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

Bob Hope

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Bob Hope holding onto a railing and looking up. Hope is wearing a double breasted suit jacket.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Hope and two unidentified men

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Bob Hope speaking with two unidentified men. Hope is sitting with one leg up on a chair, wearing a patterned suit.

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

Bob Hope onstage

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Bob Hope onstage, possibly during a rehearsal for a radio broadcast. Hope is raising both arms in the air to indicate distance. Hope is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Connie Haines and Lou Costello

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Connie Haines wearing a bathing suit and leaning back on a diving board. Haines is turning to the side and smiling. Comedian Lou Costello is operating...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Curly Howard and Louis Jordan in "Swing Parade of 1946"

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Curly Howard sitting and playing saxophone while looking dubiously at Louis Jordan who is smiling and approaching Howard with two fingers pointed out...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Anita Ellis, Al Jarvis, Red Skelton, and Rod O'Connor seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Buddy Cole, Al Jarvis, Jerry Colonna, and Anne McKeon, on "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Buddy Cole, Al Jarvis, Jerry Colonna, and Anne McKeon, sitting at tables with microphones while recording a broadcast of "Can You Tie...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, Ed Flynn, Al Jarvis, Eugene Howard, and Skinnay Ennis

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Dave Dexter, Ed Flynn, Al Jarvis,and Skinnay Ennis looking at Eugene Howard with shocked expressions as Howard reads from papers into a KLAC...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dave Dexter, June Christy, and Phil Harris

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Dave Dexter, June Christy, an unidentified man, and Phil Harris photographed from the side in a recording studio. All are smiling and looking forward...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

Image

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris sitting at a table with microphones. Dexter is looking to the side and laughing. Wynn is in the center and...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

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Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris joking around. Dexter is sitting behind a table and laughing at Wynn who is on the table, laying on his side...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

Image

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

Image

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis singing during an event at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Martin is on the left, looking up, and wearing a checkered suit...

Date Published
October-28-1951
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dean Martin and Nat King Cole

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Dean Martin and Nat King Cole standing shoulder to shoulder and looking to the side. Martin is laughing with his hand extended out. Both are wearing...

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

Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman

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Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman looking over papers. Russell is standing in the center, looking down while smiling. Bergen and Bergman...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Types

  • photographs (49)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (49)
  • Gelatin silver prints (49)
  • Portrait photographs (46)
  • Group portraits (40)
  • Snapshots (31)
  • Publicity photographs (18)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (42)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Actors (17)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (13)
  • Jazz musicians (11)
  • Actresses (7)
  • Radio programs (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Male singers (3)
  • Radio talk show hosts (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Ventriloquists (1)
  • Yakama Indians (1)
  • (-) Comedians (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (8)
  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (15)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (13)
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (7)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (7)
  • Berle, Milton (5)
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986 (4)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (4)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (3)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (3)
  • Costello, Lou (3)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (3)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (3)
  • San Juan, Olga, 1927-2009 (3)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (2)
  • Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980 (2)
  • Hayes, Peter Lind, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (2)
  • Howard, Eugene (2)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (2)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (2)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (2)
  • Acuff, Roy (1)
  • Allen, Fred, 1896-1955 (1)
  • Auerbach, Artie, 1903-1957 (1)
  • Barker, Jess (1)
  • Barker, Jim, 1921- (1)
  • Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982 (1)
  • Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 (1)
  • Charlie, Job (1)
  • Cole, Buddy (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Daley, Cass (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Ennis, Skinnay (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Garland, Judy (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Howard, Curly Joe, 1910-1993 (1)
  • Howard, Willie, 1886-1949 (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926- (1)
  • Logan, Ella, 1913-1969 (1)
  • Looney, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Maxwell, Elsa (1)
  • McVea, Jack (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Minnie Pearl (1)
  • O'Connor, Rod (1)
  • Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982 (1)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Thompson, Henry (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Tilton, Martha (1)
  • Turner, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 (1)
  • Yallup, Thomas (1)
  • Yallup, William (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (33)
  • 1941 (24)
  • 1950 (16)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1951-10-28 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1978 (1)

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