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Alberta Adams at the W.C. Handy Awards

Image

Alberta Adams, wearing sunglasses, sits and talks on Beale Street, Memphis, for the W.C. Handy Awards.

Date Published
May-24-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Barbara Carr

Image

Blues vocalist Barbara Carr smiles as she holds her curled left hand under her chin in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1996
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blues Masters at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Group photograph of all of the participants in the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads, Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS. The Masters stand...

Date Published
October-19-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Lo Lespes at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

Image

Bobby Rush, sings into a microphone as Lo Lespes dances during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival, The audience is visible behind Lo.

Date Published
June-24-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Bobby Rush and Marvine McKeithen at the Club Paradox

Image

Marvine McKeithen holds up Bobby Rush's hand and arm as she smiles and speaks into a microphone on the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas...

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Booth selling t-shirts at Out in Westport

Image

Vendor booth with an awning, rainbow flag and t-shirts to sell at Out in Westport; staffed by an unidentified white wpman and unidentified African...

Date Published
2002
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Brenda Walker at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

Image

Brenda Walker, wearing a straw hat, sunglasses, crop top, and denim vest, plays a flute into a microphone during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carla Robinson at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Carla Robinson looks straight ahead with a serious look on her face as she plays an electric bass at the 6th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at...

Date Published
October-17-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran and Myra Taylor at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Carol Fran and Myra Taylor sit side by side and smile at the photographer at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Carol Fran sings into a microphone at the 5th Annual Blues Masters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS.

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Carol Fran, Myra Taylor, and Bob Stroger at Blue Heaven Studios, Salina, KS

Image

Bob Stroger, wearing a cowboy hat with a peacock feather in the hat band, crouches down to the left of a seated Myra Taylor and Carol Fran and extends...

Date Published
October-18-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra

Image

Cee Knowledge and the Cosmic Funk Orchestra, a hip-hop, funk, and soul band comprised of six African American men, one African American woman, two...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

Image

Unidentified woman in royal blue African style dress standing in front of Jeannie Cheatham and they are passing a copy of Jeannie's autobiography...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Clora Bryant and the Cheathams with Annjennette McFarlin

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Clora Bryant, Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with a conference attendee named Dr. Annjennette McFarlin (seated with the others standing...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Conference attendees

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Unidentified African American man and woman seated side by side at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego...

Date Published
November-2006
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush, DC Bellamy and Marvine McKeithen at Club Paradox

Image

Connie Humiston, Bobby Rush and a group of six unidentified people stand behind a seated DC Bellamy. Marvine McKeithen stands beside DC Bellamy at...

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy at Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Image

Cotton Candy Washington looks to her left to sing into the microphone as she plays a keyboard during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. An...

Date Published
June-25-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy Washington at the Grand Emporium

Image

Cotton Candy Washington sings into a microphone she is holding while she performs at the Grand Emporium.

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

Image

A crowd stands in Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
February-18-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

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The crowd sits with drinks at or near the bar as the waitress comes toward them with a tray at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
February-18-2001
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

Image

Some of the crowd dances while others sit with drinks in front of the stage at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. A guitarist and a harmonica player...

Date Published
April-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

Image

The seated audience smiles from tables decorated with balloons and confetti at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
July-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Crowd at Club Paradox

Image

A large audience is seated and standing at Club Paradox in Kansas CIty, Kansas.

Date Published
March-08-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dancers at the Club Paradox

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Four people dancing at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The band is visible playing on the stage behind the dancers.

Date Published
April-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Dancers at the Club Paradox

Image

Three people dancing in front of the stage with a band on it at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas.

Date Published
April-08-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (85)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (25)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (22)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (19)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (3)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (155)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (109)
  • Gelatin silver prints (108)
  • Group portraits (88)
  • Portrait photographs (65)
  • Color photographs (46)
  • Snapshots (44)
  • Publicity photographs (26)
  • Photocopies (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (11)
  • 1981-1990 (1)
  • (-) 2001-2010 (155)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (56)
  • African American men (51)
  • Singers (50)
  • African American jazz musicians (48)
  • Jazz musicians (45)
  • Jazz singers (45)
  • Men, White (42)
  • Pianists (29)
  • Women, White (27)
  • Guitarists (18)
  • Blues festivals (17)
  • Music festivals (17)
  • Volunteer workers in hospitals (15)
  • Microphone (14)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (12)
  • Choirs (Music) (10)
  • Music fans (10)
  • Hospital administrators (9)
  • Jazz musicians, White (8)
  • Lawyers (7)
  • Women singers (7)
  • Balloons (6)
  • Hats (6)
  • Saxophonists (6)
  • Trombonists (6)
  • Bands (Music) (5)
  • Dancers (5)
  • Ethnic costume (5)
  • Piano (5)
  • African American women jazz singers (4)
  • African American women musicians (4)
  • Awards (4)
  • Award winners (4)
  • Bass guitarists (4)
  • Double bassists (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Girls (4)
  • Guitar (4)
  • Jazz festivals (4)
  • Keyboard players (4)
  • Male singers (4)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (4)
  • Medical technologists (4)
  • Music audiences (4)
  • Pharmacologists (4)
  • T-shirts (4)
  • Women pianists (4)
  • African American children (3)
  • Authors, American (3)
  • Award presentations (3)
  • Books (3)
  • Boys (3)
  • Festivals (3)
  • Funk musicians (3)
  • Gay men (3)
  • Harmonica players (3)
  • Lesbians (3)
  • Pipettes (3)
  • Promoters (3)
  • Wake services (3)
  • Awnings (2)
  • Banners (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Jazz audiences (2)
  • Music--Awards (2)
  • Musical instruments (2)
  • Musical notation (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Older women (2)
  • Pendants (Jewelry) (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Storytelling (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Tables (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Accordionists (1)
  • Asian American men (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Baseball players--United States (1)
  • Beer bottles (1)
  • Caricatures and cartoons (1)
  • Centerpieces (1)
  • Chekeré (1)
  • Chief executive officers (1)
  • Community centers (1)
  • Corsages (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Drag kings (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Flowers (1)
  • Flute players (1)
  • Foster grandparents (1)
  • Golfers (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Hospitals--Employees (1)
  • Lecturers (1)
  • Lectures and lecturing (1)
  • Limousines (1)
  • Luncheons (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Musicians--Labor unions (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Older men (1)
  • Parking lots (1)
  • Parties (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Performance artists (1)
  • Professional athletes (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Rap musicians (1)
  • Retirees (1)
  • Rockabilly musicians (1)
  • Rock musicians (1)
  • Roses (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (1)
  • Sound studios (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Storage cabinets (1)
  • Storytellers (1)
  • Street vendors (1)
  • Vending stands (1)
  • Volunteer workers in community development (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • (-) African American women (155)

Subjects, Community

  • African American LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • Gay liberation (3)
  • Gay pride (3)
  • LGBTQ+ events (3)
  • LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (3)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (2)
  • White gay men (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (45)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (23)
  • Salina (Kan.) (13)
  • 18th and Vine District (4)
  • Westport (3)
  • Washington Park (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Beale Street (Memphis, Tenn.) (1)
  • Overland Park (Kan.) (1)
  • Wichita (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Taylor, Myra (24)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (19)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (7)
  • Watson, Maurice (Of Counsel) (7)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (6)
  • Edwards, Millie (6)
  • Price, Geneva (6)
  • Tucker, Lori (5)
  • Gilley, Dawayne (4)
  • Greenleaf, Diunna (4)
  • Maness, Bill (Keyboard player) (4)
  • McBeth, Ida (4)
  • Taylor, Koko (4)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (3)
  • Fran, Carol, 1933- (3)
  • Rush, Bobby (3)
  • Welge, Jürgen, 1955- (3)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (2)
  • Bender, Carl (2)
  • Boss, Bob (2)
  • Bryant, Clora, 1927- (2)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (2)
  • Coleman, Deborah, 1956- (2)
  • Copeland, Shemekia (2)
  • Danielle, Monique (2)
  • Dare, Lou (2)
  • Hulett, Midget (2)
  • Humiston, Connie (2)
  • Leeder, Steve (2)
  • Moore, Mary (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Sweet Baby J'ai (2)
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (2)
  • Whitmer, Tim (2)
  • Wilson, James Spoon (2)
  • Adams, Alberta (1)
  • Adegbalola, Gaye (1)
  • Alicknavitch, Mike (1)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Brooks, Ronnie Baker (1)
  • Brown, Denise (Vocalist) (1)
  • Carlito (1)
  • Carr, Barbara, 1941- (1)
  • Champion, Mickey (1)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Chi, Kai (1)
  • Cox, Donald (1)
  • Cox, Pat (1)
  • Crow, Betty (1)
  • Davies, Debbie (1)
  • Davis, Thornetta (1)
  • Dickerson, Deke (1)
  • Dillon, Monica (1)
  • Farr, Deitra (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Flo (Drag queen) (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Gooden, Lauretta (1)
  • Graddy, Doris Clark (1)
  • Haddix, Chuck (1)
  • Hall, Sandra (Singer) (1)
  • Harris, Jeanette (Saxophonist) (1)
  • Harrold, Ola Mae (1)
  • Hassell, Hollis (1)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (1)
  • Herbert, Jim (1)
  • Hodge, Aaron (1)
  • Hopkins, Grant Sheffield (Groovy Grant) (1)
  • Hypolite, Harry (1)
  • Ingram, Willa (1)
  • Jackson, Katie (Vocalist) (1)
  • James, Etta, 1938-2012 (1)
  • jee eye zee (1)
  • Johnson, Shirley (Vocalist) (1)
  • Jones, Eric (Administrator) (1)
  • J Truth (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • Knight, Jean (1)
  • Knowledge, Cee (1)
  • Kovacs, Mike (1)
  • Lakey, Lois (1)
  • Lammond, Joe (1)
  • LaSalle, Denise (1)
  • Lawrence, Sandra A. J. (1)
  • Ledet, Rosie, 1971- (1)
  • Lee, Henry (1)
  • Lespes, Lo (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Love, Rudy (1)
  • May, Frank E. (1)
  • Mayberry, Joni (1)
  • McFarlin, Annjennette (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Meeks, Jay (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • O'Neal, Jim, 1948- (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Peterie, Karla (1)
  • Quarles, Evie (1)
  • Rabson, Ann (1)
  • Reid, Richard (Bassist) (1)
  • Renée, Robin, 1966- (1)
  • Rich, Jamie (1)
  • Roark, Mike (1)
  • Roberts, Fern (1)
  • Robinson, Carla (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Shell, Linda (Singer) (1)
  • Sista Monica (1)
  • Smith, Phil (Bassist) (1)
  • Stephens, John (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Stroger, Bob (1)
  • Sun, Jah (1)
  • Sweet Betty (1)
  • Thomas, Irma (1)
  • Thuston-Brown, Cora Pearl, 1927-2011 (1)
  • Travis Nellie, Tiger (1)
  • Walker, Brenda (Flute player) (1)
  • Walker, Phillip, 1937-2010 (1)
  • Wallace, Nora Jean (1)
  • Washington, Toni Lynn (1)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (1)
  • Watson, Tom, 1949- (1)
  • Woods, Ike (1)
  • Woods, Val (1)
  • Z-Boy (1)

Events

  • Museum of Making Music's Annual Gala (7th : 2009 : Carlsbad, Calif.) (8)
  • Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference (24th : 2006 : San Diego, Calif.) (7)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (6th : 2003 : Salina, Kan.) (5)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (5th : 2002 : Salina, Kan.) (4)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (4)
  • Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival (2005 : Kansas City, Mo.) (4)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (3)
  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (10th : 2007 : Salina, Kan.) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2001) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (9th : 2006 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Box Car Blues Festival (2006 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2001) (1)
  • Mutual Musicians Foundation. Landmark Ceremony (2003) (1)

Date Published

  • 2004 (19)
  • 2001 (12)
  • 2004-02-03 (11)
  • 2002 (10)
  • 2009-09-26 (8)
  • 2006-11 (7)
  • 2001-10-01 (4)
  • 2001-10-31 (4)
  • 2002-06-29 (4)
  • 2003-10-18 (4)
  • 1997 (3)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 2001-06-29 (3)
  • 2002-04-08 (3)
  • 2002-10-18 (3)
  • 2004-03-08 (3)
  • 2006 (3)
  • 2006-12-14 (3)
  • 2001-02-18 (2)
  • 2003-04-11 (2)
  • 2003-04-30 (2)
  • 2004-02-23 (2)
  • 2005-06-08 (2)
  • 2005-06-18 (2)
  • 2005-06-25 (2)
  • 2006-02-24 (2)
  • 2006-06-05 (2)
  • 2006-06-25 (2)
  • 2006-10-14 (2)
  • 2007-10-20 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 2010 (2)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2001-01-01 (1)
  • 2001-03-02 (1)
  • 2001-04-12 (1)
  • 2001-05-24 (1)
  • 2001-06-23 (1)
  • 2001-07-06 (1)
  • 2001-07-21 (1)
  • 2001-07-22 (1)
  • 2001-07-31 (1)
  • 2001-11-29 (1)
  • 2001-12-26 (1)
  • 2001-12-31 (1)
  • 2002-01-05 (1)
  • 2002-01-11 (1)
  • 2002-02-06 (1)
  • 2002-02-28 (1)
  • 2002-04-01 (1)
  • 2002-04-05 (1)
  • 2002-04-30 (1)
  • 2002-05-18 (1)
  • 2002-06-21 (1)
  • 2002-07-08 (1)
  • 2002-07-21 (1)
  • 2002-10-01 (1)
  • 2002-10-19 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2003-03-02 (1)
  • 2003-05-11 (1)
  • 2003-05-23 (1)
  • 2003-08-10 (1)
  • 2003-10-17 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004-06-24 (1)
  • 2005-02-02 (1)
  • 2005-06-15 (1)
  • 2005-06-17 (1)
  • 2005-06-19 (1)
  • 2005-06-24 (1)
  • 2006-05-20 (1)
  • 2006-08-19 (1)
  • 2006-12-05 (1)
  • 2007-07-17 (1)
  • 2007-07-25 (1)
  • 2008-07-07 (1)

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