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"Joe Liggins Leader of the Famous Honeydrippers"

Image

Headshot of Joe Liggins leaning forward and smiling. Liggins is wearing a white suit and patterned tie.

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

1946 Mercury

Image

A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Almer L. Story

Image

Professional headshot of Almer L. Story.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Lucile Bluford Collection

Army soldiers measure up in ranks

Image

African American Army men hold out their left arms to touch the right shoulder of the man next to them, and look to their right to measure their...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Army soldiers outside the barracks

Image

A candid photo of an African American Army soldier on a bike smiling at the photographer over his right shoulder outside barracks. Another soldier is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Army soldiers stand at attention for the raising of the flag

Image

African American soldiers stand at attention in ranks for the raising of the flag by two soldiers standing by a large flagpole. An MP soldier on the...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard

Image

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...

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

Band playing on stage

Image

Unidentified band (trumpet player, two saxophonists, drummer, pianist) playing onstage as part of the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Baton twirlers

Image

African American female baton twirlers perform on the court of the gymnasium of the Western Baptist Seminary, 2119 Tracy Avenue in Kansas City...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Benny Carter playing saxophone in rehearsal

Image

Benny Carter facing forward and looking to the side while playing saxophone, possibly in a rehearsal. In the background are several musicians playing...

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

Benny Carter seated by his instruments

Image

Benny Carter seated, holding music, and looking up while talking. At his feet are a trumpet, saxophone, and clarinet on stands.

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

Benny Carter sitting and playing saxophone

Image

Benny Carter sitting on a stool or bench and playing saxophone. Carter is facing to the side and looking up.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Carter wearing white suit

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Carter leaning forward and looking to the side. Carter is wearing white suit and black tie.

Date Published
1948
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Carter wearing wool suit

Image

Benny Carter seated and looking forward while smiling. Carter is wearing a wool suit and holding a saxophone across his chest with one hand.

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

Bettye Miller and others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (third from the left) at a table with four unidentified African American women, an unidentified African American man, and speaking with...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller (left) and three unidentified women seated around a table at a club. All but one looking at the camera. The two women on the right have...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Bettye Miller with three others at a club

Image

Bettye Miller in a light colored dress with long gloves and smoking a cigarette seated at a table in an unidentified club with an unidentified woman...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong

Image

Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his...

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

Blurry photo of an outdoor event

Image

Blurry photo of an outdoor event. Musicians are on the left (double bass is visible, along with what appears to be a trumpet), and a shirtless African...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Bob Hogan

Image

Photo of Bob Hogan, standing in military uniform, from his right side, holding a stationary rifle up to is eye as he is playing a rifle game in...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Bob Wilson and unidentified musicians

Image

Bob Wilson (second from right) and unidentified musicians.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Booker T. Washington

Image

A portrait photograph of Booker T. Washington, at the age of 49, wearing a black bow tie over the collar of a white shirt, and a wide-lapel suit...

Date Published
February-02-1941
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Booker T. Washington statue

Image

Booker T. Washington Monument on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama depicts Book T. Washington, wearing a suit, lifting a veil off of...

Date Published
February-02-1941
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Booker T. Washington's home "The Oaks"

Image

The home of Booker T. Washington in Tuskegee, Alabama called "The Oaks". It is a large brick, three-story house with a porch across the front and one...

Date Published
February-02-1941
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Capitol Baseball Team

Image

Capitol Baseball Team posing for group photo wearing uniform shirts and caps with the letter 'C'. Dave Dexter is standing third from left in the back...

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

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  • African American men
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (81)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (52)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (16)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (9)
  • Jay McShann Collection (5)
  • Lucile Bluford Collection (4)
  • Ted Malone Collection (3)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (171)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (168)
  • Gelatin silver prints (168)
  • Snapshots (98)
  • Group portraits (94)
  • Portrait photographs (69)
  • Publicity photographs (29)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Drawings (1)
  • Illustrations (1)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (3)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (172)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (65)
  • African American jazz musicians (63)
  • African American women (57)
  • Soldiers (26)
  • Military uniforms (22)
  • Men, White (19)
  • Pianists (19)
  • Academic costume (15)
  • College students (13)
  • Saxophonists (13)
  • College graduates (12)
  • Piano (9)
  • Actors (7)
  • African American children (7)
  • Automobiles (7)
  • Conductors (Music) (7)
  • Double bassists (7)
  • Trumpet players (7)
  • Audiences (6)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (6)
  • Buildings (6)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (6)
  • Jazz singers (6)
  • Actresses (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Saxophone (5)
  • Seminarians (5)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Airmen (4)
  • Drum set (4)
  • Musical instruments (4)
  • Choirs (Music) (3)
  • Choral conductors (3)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Teachers (3)
  • Vibraphonists (3)
  • Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters (2)
  • Barracks (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • College teachers (2)
  • Cotton (2)
  • Dogs (2)
  • Enslaved persons (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Literature--Societies, etc. (2)
  • Male authors, American (2)
  • Male singers (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Nuns (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Sailors (2)
  • Students (2)
  • Vibraphone (2)
  • Wedding costume (2)
  • Weddings (2)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • African American teenage girls (1)
  • American literature--African American authors (1)
  • Amusement parks (1)
  • Authors, American--Homes and haunts (1)
  • Axes (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Baseball teams (1)
  • Baseball uniforms (1)
  • Basketball players (1)
  • Basketball uniforms (1)
  • Baton twirling (1)
  • Bicycles (1)
  • Bombs (1)
  • Bow ties (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Brick roads (1)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cigar smoking (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Clubs (1)
  • Colocasia (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Crutches (1)
  • Diners (Restaurants) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Education (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Flagpoles (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Gospel singers (1)
  • Homecoming (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jeep automobile (1)
  • Military bases (1)
  • Military chaplains (1)
  • Ordnance (1)
  • Palms (1)
  • Physicians (1)
  • Pickup trucks (1)
  • Pinball machines (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Restaurateurs (1)
  • Sheet music (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Sneakers (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Special events (1)
  • Sprinters (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tambourine (1)
  • Track and field athletes (1)
  • Triangle (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Trumpet (1)
  • Wedding anniversaries (1)
  • Wedges (1)
  • (-) African American men (172)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (38)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (3)
  • Tuskegee (Ala.) (3)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Atlantic City (N.J.) (1)
  • Delaware (1)
  • Denver (Colo.) (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Independence (Kan.) (1)
  • Minneapolis (Minn.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (6)
  • Carter, Benny (5)
  • Dexter, Dave (5)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (4)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (4)
  • Hampton, Lionel (4)
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 (4)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (3)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (3)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (3)
  • Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 (3)
  • Anderson, Pete (Musician) (2)
  • Cochran, Phillip (2)
  • Garland, Ed (2)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (2)
  • Haney, Pete (2)
  • Holmes, D. A. (Mrs.) (2)
  • Hopkins, Bobby (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Miller, Johnny (Double bassist) (2)
  • Moore, Oscar (2)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (2)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (2)
  • Whitfield, Joe (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Barefield, Eddie, 1909-1991 (1)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Brown, Ray, 1926-2002 (1)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Butts, Jimmy, 1917- (1)
  • Casey, Al (1)
  • Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Crawford, Traverse, 1916-1975 (1)
  • Daniels, Howard (1)
  • Darensbourg, Joe, 1906-1985 (1)
  • Davis, Dowdal H. (Dowdal Henry), 1913-1957 (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Fulson, Lowell (1)
  • Gaillard, Slim (1)
  • Gaines, Lee, 1914-1987 (1)
  • Glenn, Lloyd (1)
  • Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990 (1)
  • Greer, Sonny (1)
  • Hall, Minor, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Hardiman, Baggy, 1913-1999 (1)
  • Hardwick, Otto, 1904-1970 (1)
  • Heard, J. C. (James Charles), 1917-1988 (1)
  • Holland, Clinton (1)
  • Jackson, Edward (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Jones, Claude (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Jordan, Taft, 1915-1981 (1)
  • Kenton, Stan (1)
  • Lewis, Harry, 1914-1984 (1)
  • Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964 (1)
  • Liggins, Joe (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Monk, Thelonious (1)
  • Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 (1)
  • Page, Walter (1)
  • Perry, John Edward, 1870-1962 (1)
  • Potter, Tommy, 1918-1988 (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Sherman, Jimmy (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (1)
  • Story, Almer (1)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (1)
  • Williams, Billy, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Williams, Ira (Vocalist) (1)
  • Wilson, Bob (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Wright, John M., 1867- (1)
  • Wright, Josephine, 1876- (1)

Events

  • WDAF's Dixieland Jubilee (1949 : Los Angeles) (3)
  • Cavalcade of Jazz (4th : 1948 : Los Angeles, California) (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (105)
  • 1950 (99)
  • 1945 (39)
  • 1949 (14)
  • 1939 (4)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1941-02-02 (3)
  • 1949-10-07 (3)
  • 1943 (2)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1947-09-04 (2)
  • 1948 (2)
  • 1950-12 (2)
  • 1942-04-08 (1)
  • 1942-11-11 (1)
  • 1944-12-31 (1)
  • 1945-03-09 (1)
  • 1945-05-16 (1)
  • 1945-07-23 (1)
  • 1945-07-28 (1)
  • 1945-09-04 (1)
  • 1946-04-22 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-11-27 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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