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14 men on stage, 13 dressed as women

Image

A group of 14 men lined up on stage for a photo; 13 are dressed as women. Actors from the play "Negroid Evolution" that Bettye Miller produced and...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Alexis Smith next to Harriette W. Cookingham, and L. Perry Cookingham on a stage

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Alexis Smith wearing a sequined dress stands next to Harriette W. Cookingham, and L. Perry Cookingham on a stage.

Date Published
October-01-1947
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Alfred Drake

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Publicity photo of Alfred Drake standing by ABC microphone, facing slightly to the side and holding a sheet of paper. Drake is wearing a checkered...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring comedians

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, and Jack Benny wearing suits and making facial expressions during a comedy...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring entertainers

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Edgar Bergen rehearsing for a show. All are looking at papers while...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service featuring singers

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra seated on folding chairs waiting to perform. Crosby is...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo of Command Performance U.S.A. stage performance. Dozens of unidentified musicians in uniform and wearing suits...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo

Image

Armed Forces Radio Service group photo featuring (left to right) an unidentified man, Jimmy Durante, Jerry Colonna, an unidentified woman, Frank...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Arthur Schwartz and Kenny Baker

Image

Arthur Schwartz looking over papers and Kenny Baker standing at a studio microphone. They are performing on Armed Forces Radio Service show "Say It...

Date Published
May-03-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"

Image

Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster celebrated completion of their starring roles in Mark Hellinger's production of Hemingway's "The Killers" with a day at...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"

Image

The atomic glow in the western sky isn't from Bikini. It's coming from Hollywood where Ava Gardner has been making love to Burt Lancaster in Mark...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Axel Stordahl and Frank Sinatra

Image

Axel Stordahl and Frank Sinatra sitting on stools in a CBS radio station. Stordahl is looking down at papers he is holding. Sinatra is looking at...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard

Image

Bam Brown, Zutty Singleton, Dick Powell, and Slim Gaillard laughing and talking in a recording studio. Brown is holding a double bass and shaking...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore

Image

Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore speaking to an unidentified man in military uniform. Crosby and Shore are both holding papers in their hands and smiling...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Graham

Image

Angled headshot of Bob Graham looking forward and smiling. Graham is wearing a light colored jacket and plaid shirt.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Graham with microphone

Image

Publicity photo of Bob Graham looking forward and smiling, standing by a CBS microphone. Graham is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bob Hope onstage

Image

Bob Hope onstage, possibly during a rehearsal for a radio broadcast. Hope is raising both arms in the air to indicate distance. Hope is wearing a dark...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Bobby Sherwood, Andy Russell, and Della Norell

Image

Bobby Sherwood, Andy Russell, and Della Norell sitting at a dining table. Russell is in the center looking forward and smiling. Sherwood and Norell...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"

Image

"The Big Fight, one of the news photographers' favorite subjects, as seen in Mark Hellinger's production of "The Killers," is incidental to the...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Catherine McLeod and Philip Dorn in "I've Always Loved You"

Image

Catherine McLeod playing piano and looking behind to Philip Dorn sitting at a second piano in the film "I've Always Loved You."

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Catherine McLeod and Philip Dorn in "I've Always Loved You"

Image

Catherine McLeod playing piano and Philip Dorn conducting orchestra while looking at McLeod during a performance in the film "I've Always Loved You."

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Connie Haines, Al Jarvis, Walter Rubsamen, and Eddie Dein on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

Image

Connie Haines, Al Jarvis, Walter Rubsamen, and Eddie Dein sitting at tables with microphones in a tile studio for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That"...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson

Image

Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Curly Howard and Louis Jordan in "Swing Parade of 1946"

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Curly Howard sitting and playing saxophone while looking dubiously at Louis Jordan who is smiling and approaching Howard with two fingers pointed out...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dan Duryea and June Vincent

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Dan Duryea and June Vincent posing for a publicity shot for the film "Black Angel." Vincent is kneeling in front of Duryea, embracing him.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (108)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (7)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (4)
  • Ted Malone Collection (3)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (123)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (121)
  • Gelatin silver prints (121)
  • Portrait photographs (105)
  • Group portraits (85)
  • Publicity photographs (57)
  • Snapshots (56)
  • Film stills (4)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Film transparencies (2)
  • Stereographs (2)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (123)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (23)
  • Actresses (18)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (18)
  • Men, White (16)
  • Comedians (14)
  • Jazz singers (14)
  • Male singers (10)
  • Singers (10)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • African American men (7)
  • African American women (6)
  • Women, White (6)
  • Women singers (5)
  • Audiences (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Guitarists (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Women jazz singers (3)
  • Academic costume (2)
  • African American children (2)
  • Amusement parks (2)
  • Amusement rides (2)
  • City managers (2)
  • Costume (2)
  • Cotton (2)
  • Enslaved persons (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (2)
  • Musicians (2)
  • Nuns (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Radio programs (2)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Asian men (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Boxing (1)
  • Card tricks (1)
  • Cartoonists (1)
  • Child actors (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Cuban American men (1)
  • Double bass (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Female impersonators (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hispanic American men (1)
  • Journalism, Military (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Orchestra (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Radio talk show hosts (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Steeplechasing (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Theatrical makeup (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • War photography (1)
  • (-) Actors (123)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (4)
  • Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Presque Isle (Me.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (18)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (15)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (9)
  • Jeffries, Herb (6)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (6)
  • Dorn, Philip, 1905-1975 (5)
  • Martin, Tony, 1913-2012 (5)
  • Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 (5)
  • Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012 (4)
  • Baker, Kenny, 1912-1985 (3)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (3)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (3)
  • Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980 (3)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (3)
  • Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994 (3)
  • Noble, Ray, 1903-1978 (3)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (3)
  • Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (3)
  • Arnaz, Desi, 1917-1986 (2)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (2)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (2)
  • Costello, Lou (2)
  • Dein, Eddie (2)
  • Dennis, Matt, 1914-2002 (2)
  • Desmond, Johnny (2)
  • DeVol, Frank (2)
  • Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 (2)
  • Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991 (2)
  • Gaillard, Slim (2)
  • Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990 (2)
  • Graham, Bob (Singer) (2)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (2)
  • Hampton, Lionel (2)
  • Lee, Peggy, 1920-2002 (2)
  • McLeod, Catherine, 1921-1997 (2)
  • Moran, Jim (2)
  • Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994 (2)
  • Norman, Gene (2)
  • O'Day, Anita (2)
  • Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 (2)
  • Rubsamen, Walter H. (Walter Howard), 1911-1973 (2)
  • Sablon, Jean, 1906-1994 (2)
  • Sherry, Victoria (2)
  • Allen, Fred, 1896-1955 (1)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (1)
  • Babb, Dorothy, 1927-1998 (1)
  • Barker, Jess (1)
  • Barnet, Charlie (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Baskett, James, 1904-1948 (1)
  • Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 (1)
  • Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (1)
  • Berle, Milton (1)
  • Blondell, Joan (1)
  • Brown, Bam (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (1)
  • Case, Russ, 1912-1964 (1)
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986 (1)
  • Cook, Ira (1)
  • Coy, Johnny (1)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (1)
  • DeHaven, Gloria, 1925-2016 (1)
  • Douglas, Larry, 1917- (1)
  • Downey, Morton, 1901-1985 (1)
  • Drake, Alfred, 1914-1992 (1)
  • Driscoll, Bobby, 1937-1968 (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Ennis, Skinnay (1)
  • Erwin, Trudy (1)
  • Evans, George, 1920-2001 (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Forrest, Helen (1)
  • Garland, Judy (1)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Hale, Barbara, 1922- (1)
  • Haley, Jack, 1899-1979 (1)
  • Hart, Maurice, 1909-1978 (1)
  • Haymes, Dick (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (1)
  • Howard, Curly Joe, 1910-1993 (1)
  • Howard, Eugene (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Hurt, Marlin (1)
  • Huston, Walter, 1884-1950 (1)
  • Johnson, Lucille (Singer) (1)
  • Jostyn, Jay (1)
  • Kaye, Danny (1)
  • Kaye, Stubby (1)
  • Kennedy, Raymond C. (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Manning, Irene, 1912-2004 (1)
  • McCormick, Hugh (Ventriloquist) (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Mitchum, Robert (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Mundy, Jimmy (1)
  • Norell, Della (1)
  • O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985 (1)
  • O'Brien, Margaret, 1937- (1)
  • Otis, Johnny, 1921-2012 (1)
  • Patten, Luana, 1938-1996 (1)
  • Place, Lou (1)
  • Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (1)
  • Rigney, Bill, 1918-2001 (1)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (1)
  • Rooney, Mickey (1)
  • Rubenstein, Artur, 1887-1982 (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (1)
  • Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984 (1)
  • Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004 (1)
  • Sherwood, Bobby (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993 (1)
  • Smith, Ethel, 1902-1996 (1)
  • Smith, Kate, 1907-1986 (1)
  • Soo, Long Pin (1)
  • Stander, Lionel (1)
  • Starr, Kay (1)
  • Stewart, Carol (Vocalist) (1)
  • Stewart, James, 1908-1997 (1)
  • Stordahl, Axel (1)
  • Sues, Leonard (1)
  • Vincent, June (1)
  • Wakely, Jimmy, 1914-1982 (1)
  • Walker, Helen, 1921-1968 (1)
  • Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 (1)
  • Willard, Bill (1)
  • Wilson, Don, 1900-1982 (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (65)
  • 1950 (39)
  • 1941 (34)
  • 1946 (19)
  • 1949 (9)
  • 1943 (3)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1946-05-03 (2)
  • 1946-11-17 (2)
  • 1946-12-08 (2)
  • 1947-10-01 (2)
  • 1948 (2)
  • 1941-12-18 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1945-09-25 (1)
  • 1946-05 (1)
  • 1946-05-13 (1)
  • 1946-06-03 (1)
  • 1946-06-14 (1)
  • 1946-09-29 (1)
  • 1950-04-13 (1)
  • 1950-06 (1)
  • 1953 (1)

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