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All about the fight at the Canidrome

Image

Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Benny Carter with saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Carter seated at an angle and looking forward. Carter is wearing a tuxedo with bowtie and holding a saxophone in one hand on...

Date Published
November-26-1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Class photo

Image

A class photo of thirty two men and women, both African American and white, posed in three levels of sitting on the ground, seated in chairs, and then...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Co-ed group on the grounds of Western Seminary

Image

An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph...

Date Published
1929
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Cole Bros. Circus Band

Image

Coles Brother's Circus Band stands on and in front of a stage with a banner behind them of women dancing in costume. The men wear light, long-sleeved...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance

Image

Count Basie Orchestra members in performance including (left) Buddy Tate, Earle Warren, and Jack Washington playing saxophone; Freddie Green playing...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Diners smile at the photographer

Image

An unidentified group of three African American men and two African American women smile as they share a meal inside an unidentified diner. Two of the...

Date Published
1939
1941
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis and a woman sit on the steps with their eyes cast down

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman sitting on the steps of a building both looking down, both holding their head with their hand...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands between two women on a sidewalk

Image

Two unidentified African American women flanking Dowdal Davis are all smiling as they stand outdoors. Dowdal has his arms around the shoulders of each...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands by a woman that sits by the steps

Image

Dowdal Davis and an unidentified African American woman (possibly Dowdal's sister Marguerite Davis) smile as they pose by the steps to the Davis home...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis stands by the net of a tennis court

Image

Dowdal Davis holds a tennis racquet and wears a dark cardigan sweater over a light-colored shirt and long pants as he stands by the net on a tennis...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis wears an IHS letter sweater

Image

Dowdal Davis in a school sweater with the initials I.H.S. on an applied banner over an applied "I" over eagle wings. He stands on a sidewalk outside a...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal Davis with flat cap and a striped suit

Image

Dowdal Davis smiles as he stands outside in a yard by a house wearing a dark, striped suit jacket but light, striped pants. He holds a flat cap in his...

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Dowdal portrait

Image

A studio head shot portrait of Dowdal Davis looking directly at the photographer toward his right shoulder.

Date Published
1933
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Duke Ellington

Image

Headshot of Duke Ellington looking to the side. Ellington is wearing a dark suit and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Duke Ellington

Image

Publicity photo of Duke Ellington looking forward and smiling while standing against a wall with hands in his pockets. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Duke Ellington

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Copy of a signed portrait of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Duke Ellington at the piano

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Publicity photo from the side of Duke Ellington sitting at the piano with hands on the keys. Ellington is wearing a tuxedo.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Earl Hines

Image

Caricature of Earl Hines's head smiling with a bowtie. Drawn by George Wachsteter.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Earl Hines

Image

Publicity photo for Earl Hines and his orchestra featuring photo of Hines sitting and facing forward while smiling. Hines is wearing a white suit and...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ed Flynn, Benny Carter, and Dave Dexter

Image

Ed Flynn, wearing a light suit and tie, and Benny Carter, wearing a tuxedo, seated on a couch. Dave Dexter is crouched next to Carter wearing a...

Date Published
1939
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Fletcher Henderson "America's Greatest Arranger"

Image

Publicity photo for Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra featuring Henderson facing forward and smiling. Henderson is wearing a white tuxedo and black...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra

Image

Publicity photo for Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra featuring a headshot of Henderson turning to the side and looking forward while smiling...

Date Published
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Graduate

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An unidentified African American man in graduation mortar board, tassel, hood, and robe.

Date Published
1921
1940
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduating class

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A graduating class of 21 African American women and two African American men standing the steps of, likely, the school. Most wear graduation mortar...

Date Published
1929
1935
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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  • African American men
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (37)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (23)
  • Jay McShann Collection (11)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (74)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (74)
  • Gelatin silver prints (74)
  • Group portraits (36)
  • Portrait photographs (35)
  • Publicity photographs (24)
  • Snapshots (24)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Clippings (1)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • Photographic postcards (1)
  • Scrapbooks (1)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (6)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • (-) 1931-1940 (76)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (35)
  • African American jazz musicians (33)
  • African American women (25)
  • Pianists (10)
  • Saxophonists (10)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Automobiles (7)
  • Musical instruments (6)
  • Conductors (Music) (5)
  • Double bassists (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Trumpet players (5)
  • Piano (4)
  • Automobiles, Convertible (3)
  • Buildings (3)
  • College students (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • African American children (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Composers (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Dwellings (2)
  • Fraternal organizations (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Men's clothing (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Tennis players (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American fraternal organizations (1)
  • African American poets (1)
  • Arrangers (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Banners (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Bottles (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brothers and sisters (1)
  • Choirs (Music) (1)
  • Choral conductors (1)
  • Circus bands (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Colocasia (1)
  • Cornet players (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Fathers (1)
  • Fezzes (1)
  • Fireplaces--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Fur garments (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Older women (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Portraits, American (1)
  • Roads--Snow and ice control (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tennis rackets (1)
  • Triangle (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • Tubists (1)
  • Women's clothing (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American men (76)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Independence (Kan.) (4)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (4)
  • Dayton (Ohio) (2)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (2)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Shanghai (China) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (10)
  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Johnson, Gus, 1913-2000 (5)
  • Anderson, Bernard, 1919-1997 (4)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (4)
  • Ramey, Gene (4)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (3)
  • Brown, Walter, -1956 (3)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (3)
  • Mabane, Bob (3)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (3)
  • Carter, Benny (2)
  • Gould, Bud (2)
  • Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (2)
  • Hines, Earl, 1903-1983 (2)
  • Kirby, John, 1908-1952 (2)
  • Minor, Orville (2)
  • Washington, Jack, 1910-1964 (2)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Baird, Taswell (1)
  • Bruce, Harold (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Crawford, Jimmy (1)
  • Davis, Marguerite (of Independence, Kan.) (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 (1)
  • Fergenson, Harold (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Hayes, Thamon (1)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (1)
  • Jackson, John (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Jacobs, Mary Virginia (1)
  • Jones, Jonah, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (1)
  • Lowery, P. G. (Perry George), 1869-1942 (1)
  • McCutcheon, Joe (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Mills, Solomon (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • Norris, Al (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Sheffield, Leslie, 1910- (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Tompkins, Eddie (1)
  • Wachsteter, George, 1911-2004 (1)
  • Warren, Earle (1)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (1)
  • Williams, Honey Boy (1)
  • Wilson, Gerald, 1918-2014 (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (41)
  • 1931 (28)
  • 1935 (18)
  • 1941 (8)
  • 1937 (7)
  • 1939 (7)
  • 1936 (4)
  • 1938 (4)
  • 1929 (3)
  • 1933 (2)
  • 1940-11-30 (2)
  • 1940-12-02 (2)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1923 (1)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1934 (1)
  • 1940-02 (1)
  • 1940-03-03 (1)
  • 1940-04-20 (1)
  • 1940-11-26 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1950 (1)

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