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Actor Conrad Janis speaking

Image

Actor Conrad Janis speaking during an event for USAir at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel; an unidentified white man is on the left and an...

Date Published
January-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Barney Moss and Buck Clayton in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room

Image

Barney Moss wearing a camera and holding a flash with Buck Clayton holding his trumpet standing outside of Connolly's Star Dust Room with Buck Clayton...

Date Published
June-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and friends

Image

Harry Edison, Buck Clayton, Jo Jones, Nancy Miller Elliot and Freddie Green seated together in Geneva, Switzerland.

Date Published
September-1979
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton posing for a photo against a fence

Image

Buck Clayton, leaning on a fence in a three-piece plaid suit and a fedora hat, getting his photograph taken by an unidentified white man.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Camera man, photographer and the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Unidentified African American camera man with African American woman reporter and a kneeling white male photographer in front of the crowd and looking...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Charlie Gabriel grabs the hand of Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Image

Charlie Gabriel holds his saxophone with his right hand as he grabs the right hand of Claude "Fiddler" Williams with his left hand. Charlie turns his...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Count Basie and Nancy Elliott

Image

Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Emanuel Cleaver shaking hands on stage at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

The day that Kansas City formally declared as Gay and Lesbian Awareness Day. Emanuel Cleaver on stage shaking hands with activist Linda May and with...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Evie Quarles and Bobby Rush at the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS

Image

Evie Quarles and Bobby Rush give each other a big side hug as they grin at the photographer during the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS...

Date Published
November-27-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Evie Quarles and Carey Bell

Image

Evie Quarles and Carey Bell during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studio in Salina, KS. Evie, glasses resting on her upper forehead, smiles at...

Date Published
December-15-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley at the Grand Emporium

Image

Frank "Iron Jaw" Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley are smiling at the photographer from their seats during the Kansas City Blues Society's 20th...

Date Published
December-14-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Group hug with Emanuel Cleaver

Image

Emanuel Cleaver on stage in a group hug with Linda May holding a microphone and Keith Spare (largely unseen) at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Herman Sutherland speaking to the groundbreaking's audience

Image

Herman Sutherland addressing the crowd (two African American men, the rest white women and men) in front of a microphone set up on a make-shift stage...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Jay McShann and Evie Quarles at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest

Image

Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann playing piano on stage

Image

Jay McShann on stage playing piano; facing the right of the photo; unidentified white man crouching down behind him, possibly a photographer.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with Myra Taylor

Image

Jay McShann leaning in and sharing a laugh with Myra Taylor during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival Media Day; both seated with people seen...

Date Published
July-20-2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jo Jones, Buck Clayton, Frank Driggs, and a friend in front of the stage

Image

An unidentified white man with his arm around the shoulder of Jo Jones standing next to Buck Clayton, wearing a plaid fedora, a necklace, a sweater...

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

Keith Spare and Emanuel Cleaver at the GALA '91 Picnic

Image

Keith Spare standing with Emanuel Cleaver amongst the crowd at the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park; various tent awnings and people are seen; an...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Louis Armstrong and lilacs

Image

Louis Armstrong, wearing a white helmet of some sort and holding and armful of lilacs arrives in Sweden greeted by a military looking person and...

Date Published
June-10-1965
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Marcus, Claude, and Bill stand together for a photograph as others look on

Image

A photographer stands and bends over a camera from the stage up behind the jazz band on the auditorium floor of a school. Dan Pliskow, double bass...

Date Published
April-08-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Milt Abel taking a photo

Image

Photo of Milt Abel from the side and slightly behind while taking a photo with the camera held up to his eye. The camera has a flash cube tower...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Milt Abel taking a photo

Image

Milt Abel taking a photograph of an unknown subject. Unidentified white woman is in front of Abel and to the side looking at what Abel is...

Date Published
1976
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Photographer and crowd gathered for the groundbreaking

Image

White male photographer with camera to his eyes and the crowd (African American men; white men and women) gathered for the new hospital building's...

Date Published
February-06-1968
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Pinetop Perkins and Evie Quarles at the All Star Blues Jam

Image

Pinetop Perkins leans toward Evie Quarles, seated to his left as both smile at the photographer during the All Stars Blues Jam at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
December-15-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon at the Grand Emporium

Image

Sherman Holmes, Evie Quarles, Wendell Holmes, and Dixon stand side by side with their arms around each other smiling at the photographer in front of...

Date Published
March-10-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (7)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (4)
  • Jay McShann Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (26)

Genres

  • Group portraits (23)
  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Snapshots (11)
  • Color photographs (10)
  • Portrait photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (7)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Women, White (15)
  • Men, White (14)
  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Blues musicians (7)
  • Cameras (5)
  • Crowds (5)
  • Bisexuals (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Gay men (4)
  • Gay rights (4)
  • Guitarists (4)
  • Lesbians (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • Trumpet players (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Mayors (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Picnics (3)
  • Auditoriums (2)
  • Fiddlers (2)
  • Flowers (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Hospitals--Employees (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Microphone (2)
  • Parks (2)
  • Picnic grounds (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Schools (2)
  • Sound--Equipment and supplies (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Awnings (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Fences (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Helmets (1)
  • Hospital administrators (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Lilacs (1)
  • Male actors (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Mirrors (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Television camera operators (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • (-) African American men (26)
  • (-) Photographers (26)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (4)
  • Gay pride (4)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (4)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (4)
  • LGBTQ+ events (4)
  • LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (4)
  • African American LGBTQ+ people (2)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (8)
  • Southmoreland Park (4)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (2)
  • Salina (Kan.) (2)
  • Geneva (Switzerland) (1)
  • Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Quarles, Evie (6)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Cleaver, Emanuel, II, 1944- (3)
  • Spare, Keith (3)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (2)
  • Elliott, Nancy Miller (2)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (2)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (2)
  • May, Linda (Activist) (2)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (1)
  • Bell, Carey, 1936-2007 (1)
  • Belter, Ruth (1)
  • Driggs, Frank (1)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)
  • Gant, L. C. (1)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Holmes, Sherman (1)
  • Holmes, Wendell, 1943-2015 (1)
  • Janis, Conrad (1)
  • Leigman, John (1)
  • Little Iron Jaw Oakley (1)
  • Moss, Bernie, 1908-1988 (1)
  • Pagano, Mario (Hospital employee) (1)
  • Pagano, Mary (1)
  • Pagano, Mary Jo (1)
  • Perkins, Pinetop (1)
  • Rush, Bobby (1)
  • Smull, Ned (1)
  • Sutherland, Herman R. (1)
  • Taj Mahal (Musician) (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (1)

Date Published

  • 1991-06 (4)
  • 1968-02-06 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 2001-04-08 (2)
  • 2002-12-15 (2)
  • 1964-06 (1)
  • 1965-06-10 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1979-09 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983-01 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-12-14 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-11-27 (1)
  • 2004-03-10 (1)
  • 2004-06-26 (1)

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