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America's Greatest Quartet Ink Spots

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Poster advertising concert on Sunday, May 30, 1943, at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City; concert featured the Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder and his...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Eugene "Jeep" Griddine at Club Trocadero

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Eugene "Jeep" Griddine playing guitar; Club Trocadero; Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Jay McShann, Clarence "Big" Miller, Eugene "Jeep" Griddine, and an unidentified man performing

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Performance with Jay McShann on piano, Clarence "Big" Miller on bass, Eugene "Jeep" Griddine on guitar, and an unidentified African American man on...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Priscilla Bowman at Spirit Festival

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Priscilla Bowman performing at Spirit Festival in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Samuel "Baby" Lovett, Tate, Ice at Benny's Bar

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Samuel "Baby" Lovett, Tate, Ice; Benny's Bar; Kansas City, Missouri

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection

Unidentified man playing piano at Club Trocadero

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Unidentified African American man playing piano; Club Trocadero; Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Priscilla Bowman Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Rhythm and blues musicians
  • Kansas City (Mo.)

Member of

  • Priscilla Bowman Collection (5)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (6)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Portrait photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Concert posters (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Posters (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1941-1950 (1)

Subjects

  • African American men (5)
  • Musicians (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bands (Music) (1)
  • Funk musicians (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Singers (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Rhythm and blues musicians (7)

Subjects, Geographic

  • 14th Street (1)
  • Central Street (1)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (7)

Subjects, People

  • Griddine, Eugene (2)
  • Bacon, Trevor (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Bates, Peg Lee (1)
  • Bowman, Priscilla (1)
  • Lovett, Baby (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Miller, Big (1)
  • Millinder, Lucky (1)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (1)

Events

  • Spirit Festival (Kansas City, Mo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (4)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1985 (1)

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