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Blue 88 at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

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Blue 88 Band including Mark and Sue Corbett, smile directly at the photographer as they stand on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-23-2006
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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

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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

Crowd at Club Paradox

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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

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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

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

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

DC Bellamy at the Club Paradox

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DC Bellamy, wearing a fedora and holding a drink, points a finger at a patron seated at a table as he regales them with a story at Club Paradox in...

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

Emma Starr and Barry Starr at Kansas City Country Club

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Emma Starr and Barry Starr seated at a dinner table at the Kansas City Country Club.

Date Published
March-2002
Member of
Martha Jane Starr Collection

Evie Quarles and Bobby Rush at the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS

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Evie Quarles and Bobby Rush give each other a big side hug as they grin at the photographer during the Thanksgiving Blues Breakfast in Kansas City, KS...

Date Published
November-27-2003
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Jay McShann and Evie Quarles at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Fest

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Jay McShann, wearing a baseball cap, smiles to his left as Evie Quarles leans towards his left shoulder during the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Karla Peterie at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2005

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Karla Peterie, of the band Rain Dogs, wearing a sundress and a straw hat, smiles over the microphone as she plays a mandolin during the Kansas City...

Date Published
June-25-2005
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Marvine McKeithen at Club Paradox

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Marvine McKeithen speaks into a microphone with a band behind her at Club Paradox in Kansas City, Kansas. The crowd is seated at the bar or at tables...

Date Published
February-23-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovie Grant, and Aaron Hodge at the Street Blues Festival 2002

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Mike Kovacs, Marvine McKeithen, Lou Dare, Tom Baker, Otis Clay, DC Bellamy, Groovy Grant, and Aaron Hodge stand on the street laughing and looking at...

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

Millage Gilbert at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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Millage Gilbert, dressed as a king, with two unidentified white women in vintage clothing on each arm, and a crowd of people around them for the...

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Myra Taylor, Lydia, Chad and Jasmin Kassem at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

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Lydia Kassem stands behind as Chad Kassem kneels beside, holding Jasmin Kassem, Myra Taylor all dressed up and sitting in a wheelchair during the...

Date Published
June-28-2008
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Pride parade along Oak Street

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Pride parade along Oak Street between Southmoreland Park and the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art; on the way to the GALA '91 Picnic in Southmoreland Park...

Date Published
June-1991
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Scamps at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2004

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The Scamps, on stage, are presented with plaques and an unidentified white woman gives them a cake during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues...

Date Published
June-26-2004
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Singers performing with Warren Durrett orchestra at the North American Aviation bomber plant

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Low-angle shot of an unidentified white woman singer and an unidentified white man with his arm around her waist, both singing into a microphone in...

Date Published
August-03-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his Orchestra

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Warren Durrett, standing in a tuxedo in front of a piano with a sign that reads "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Singer Julie Turner seated next to him in...

Date Published
November-03-1961
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and his Orchestra

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Warren Durrett, standing in a tuxedo in front of a piano with a sign that reads "Warren Durrett Orchestra." Singer Julie Turner seated next to him in...

Date Published
November-03-1961
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett orchestra at the North American Aviation bomber plant

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Solo white male clarinetist performing at a microphone on stage in front of the rest of the Warren Durrett orchestra. The rest of the performers...

Date Published
August-03-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Woman vocalist and Warren Durrett orchestra performing at the North American Aviation bomber plant

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Low-angle shot of an unidentified white woman vocalist seated on stage with Warren Durrett orchestra. Some band members (all white men) are around her...

Date Published
August-03-1945
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Women, White
  • Kansas City (Kan.)

Member of

  • Evie Quarles Collection (16)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (5)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (22)
  • Gelatin silver prints (22)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 2001-2010 (17)
  • 1941-1950 (3)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Men, White (17)
  • African American men (12)
  • Blues musicians (10)
  • African American women (9)
  • Singers (8)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (7)
  • Blues festivals (7)
  • Music fans (7)
  • Music festivals (7)
  • Guitarists (6)
  • Big bands (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Jazz singers (5)
  • Music audiences (3)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Children, White (2)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Girls (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bisexuals (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Gay pride parades (1)
  • Gay rights (1)
  • Harmonica players (1)
  • Horses (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mandolinists (1)
  • Music--Awards--Kansas (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Stone walls (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Waitresses (1)
  • (-) Women, White (23)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Oak Street (1)
  • Southmoreland Park (1)
  • (-) Kansas City (Kan.) (23)

Subjects, People

  • Durrett, Warren (5)
  • Bellamy, D. C., 1949- (3)
  • McKeithen, Marvine (3)
  • Dare, Lou (2)
  • Quarles, Evie (2)
  • Rush, Bobby (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (2)
  • Baker, Tom Trashmouth (1)
  • Britain, Rocky (1)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (1)
  • Corbett, Mark (1)
  • Corbett, Sue (Guitarist) (1)
  • Hodge, Aaron (1)
  • Hopkins, Grant Sheffield (Groovy Grant) (1)
  • Humiston, Connie (1)
  • Kassem, Chad (1)
  • Kassem, Lydia (1)
  • Kovacs, Mike (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)
  • Peterie, Karla (1)
  • Saint Charles (Musician) (1)
  • Starr, Barry (1)
  • Starr, Emma (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2004) (3)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2008) (2)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2002) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2005) (1)
  • Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival (2006) (1)

Date Published

  • 1945-08-03 (3)
  • 2004-03-08 (3)
  • 2004-06-26 (3)
  • 1961-11-03 (2)
  • 2001-02-18 (2)
  • 2008-06-28 (2)
  • 1991-06 (1)
  • 2002-03 (1)
  • 2002-06-29 (1)
  • 2002-07-08 (1)
  • 2003-11-27 (1)
  • 2004-02-23 (1)
  • 2005-06-25 (1)
  • 2006-06-23 (1)

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