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Abe Lyman

Image

Headshot of Abe Lyman looking to the side and smiling. Lyman is wearing a white suit jacket and tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Benny Strong

Image

Publicity photo of Benny Strong looking to the side with a neutral expression. Strong is wearing a pinstripe suit and checkered tie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong

Image

Headshot of Bob Strong looking to the side and smiling. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong and his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong resting a saxophone on one leg up on a chair. Strong is looking forward and smiling, wearing a patterned suit jacket.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Strong with his saxophone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Strong playing a saxophone while looking to the side. Strong is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dana Suesse seated at a piano with George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman

Image

Dana Suesse seated at a piano flanked by George Gershwin (left) and Paul Whiteman (right) in New York.

Date Published
October-1932
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Dean Hudson

Image

Publicity photo for Dean Hudson (that is, Marion Brown) and his orchestra featuring headshot of Hudson looking to the side and smiling. He is wearing...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Fletcher Henderson "America's Greatest Arranger"

Image

Publicity photo for Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra featuring Henderson facing forward and smiling. Henderson is wearing a white tuxedo and black...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra

Image

Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra performing on stage. The orchestra is arranged in a semi-circle on stage with ruffled curtains behind them and...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Louie Kuhn in white tux

Image

Headshot of Louie Kuhn looking forward and smiling. Kuhn is wearing a white tuxedo and black bowtie.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Mitchell Ayres

Image

Publicity photo of Mitchell Ayres smiling and facing slightly away from camera, wearing a tuxedo jacket and bowtie.

Date Published
1931
1935
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ted Weems

Image

Headshot of Ted Weems looking up and smiling. Weekms is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ted Weems with baton

Image

Ted Weems standing next to a microphone and holding both arms up to conduct. Weems is looking to the side and smiling while holding a conducting baton...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Band leaders
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (12)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (13)
  • Gelatin silver prints (13)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Publicity photographs (12)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1931-1940 (13)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (12)
  • Men, White (12)
  • Jazz musicians, White (11)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Composers (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Arrangers (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Band leaders (13)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Strong, Bob, 1902-1976 (3)
  • Weems, Ted (2)
  • Ayres, Mitchell, 1910-1969 (1)
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (1)
  • Gray, Glen, 1906-1963 (1)
  • Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (1)
  • Hudson, Dean, 1913-1991 (1)
  • Kuhn, Louie (1)
  • Lyman, Abe, 1897-1957 (1)
  • Strong, Benny, 1911- (1)
  • Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987 (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)

Date Published

  • 1935 (9)
  • 1940 (7)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1932-10 (1)
  • 1937 (1)

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