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Bettye Miller, Milt Abel, Lois Robers, and George Nader

Image

Bettye Miller, seated at a piano with Milt Abel holding his double bass. George Nader is leaning on the piano with Lois Roberts standing next to him...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Filming of the song-o-reel "Martha"

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Filming of the song-o-reel "Martha" scene with horse drawn carriage in front of cottage and various actors in period clothes.

Date Published
1922
1923
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Group of people shooting the song-o-reel "Martha"

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Group of people along a roadside shooting the song-o-reel "Martha"; Rudolph Ising seated on stool, unidentified white "girls" on split rail fence...

Date Published
1922
1923
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

James Cagney and Mae Clarke in publicity still from "The Public Enemy"

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James Cagney pushing a piece of grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face; publicity still from the film "The Public Enemy".

Date Published
1931
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Jannette McDonald + "June" Moore

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Jeanette MacDonald in bronze dress sits on blue couch with John Moore

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jannette McDonald + Crosby Kemper

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Jeanette MacDonald in bronze dress and key to the city leaning in towards and holding Crosby Kemper's hand.

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jannette McDonald + Dan Fennell

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Dan Fennell in suit and tie holding Jeanette MacDonald's hand. Jeanette is wearing a bronze colored dress.

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jannette McDonald + June Moore

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Jeanette MacDonald in bronze dress sits at a table having a meal while John Moore in suit and tie crouches besides her at unknown event.

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jannette McDonald + LPC

Image

Jeanette MacDonald in bronze dress sits at table having a meal while L. Perry Cookingham in suit and tie crouches besides her at unknown event.

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jannette McDonald, Frank Spink, Mayor Bartle

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Jeanette MacDonald in bronze dress, Frank Spink in suit and tie, and H. Roe Bartle also in suit and tie sit at table with plates of food leaning...

Date Published
August-15-1956
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Publicity photo of Lillian Porter

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Publicity photo of Lillian Porter, possibly for the film "Song of the Islands". She's wearing high heels and a floral print one-piece swimsuit. She...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Ed Dix Collection

Ruth Elder

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Head shot of Ruth Elder in cloche hat and fur coat with her hand up on her collar.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

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Head shot of Ruth Elder in cloche hat and fur coat with her hand up on her collar.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

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Ruth Elder in feather covered hat, flowers and silk dress posed with one hand to her chest and one on her hip.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

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Ruth Elder in fur coat, flowers, and feather cover hat.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

Image

Ruth Elder in feather covered hat, flowers and silk dress posed with one hand to her chest and one on her hip.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Ruth Elder

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Ruth Elder in fur coat.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • Women, White

Member of

  • Baron Missakian Collection (8)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (6)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Black & white photographs (11)
  • Gelatin silver prints (11)
  • Group portraits (10)
  • Color photographs (6)
  • Film transparencies (6)
  • Stereographs (6)
  • Mixed media (2)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (6)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (10)
  • Women's hats (3)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Motion picture locations (2)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bathing suits (1)
  • Carriages and carts (1)
  • Cut flowers (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Gay actors (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Jewelry (1)
  • LGBTQ actors (1)
  • Mayors (1)
  • Motion pictures (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Wicker furniture (1)
  • (-) Motion picture actors and actresses (17)
  • (-) Women, White (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Swope Park (1)

Subjects, People

  • Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977 (6)
  • MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965 (6)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Bartle, Harold Roe, 1901-1974 (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Clarke, Mae (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 (1)
  • Harman, Hugh, 1903-1982 (1)
  • Ising, Rudolf, 1903-1992 (1)
  • Kemper, R. Crosby (1)
  • Lyon, William McAtee (Red) (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Nader, George, 1921-2002 (1)
  • Porter, Lillian, 1917-1997 (1)
  • Roberts, Lois, 1941- (1)

Date Published

  • 1928 (6)
  • 1956-08-15 (6)
  • 1922 (2)
  • 1923 (2)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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