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Blurry photo of an outdoor event

Image

Blurry photo of an outdoor event. Musicians are on the left (double bass is visible, along with what appears to be a trumpet), and a shirtless African...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Dan Duryea with his sons Peter and Richard

Image

Dan Duryea is sitting on the right with his sons, Peter and Richard, on his lap. Hugh McCormick is sitting on the left holding a ventriloquist dummy...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, Phil Harris, and Al Jarvis on broadcast of "Can You Tie That"

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Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, Phil Harris, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones for a broadcast of "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted...

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

Fred Lowrey and Dorothy Rae

Image

Headshot of Fred Lowrey and Dorothy Rae. Rae is wearing a scarf and wide brimmed hat, leaning forward and embracing Lowrey from behind. Lowrey is...

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

Jack Benny and Harpo Marx

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Jack Benny holding violin and looking over Harpo Marx at the harp and laughing in studio.

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

Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey

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Jack Benny, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Count Basie, Deanna Durbin, and Tommy Dorsey (left to right) standing in a semi-circle...

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

Jinx Falkenberg, Claire Trevor, Ginger Rogers, and Ruth Hussey

Image

Jinx Falkenberg wearing a horseshoe print dress talking to Ginger Rogers who is wearing a striped top with low neckline. Claire Trevor is standing...

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

Meredith Wilson, Garry Moore, and Dave Dexter

Image

Meredith Wilson, Garry Moore, and Dave Dexter sitting at a table in tile studio with KLAC microphone. Wilson is looking forward and smiling. Dexter is...

Date Published
December-01-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

USO entertainers lift Pvt. Raymond Kennedy's spirits

Image

Pvt. Raymond C. Kennedy, wearing pajamas with frog enclosures, smiles as he props himself up on his left arm in a hospital cot and holds a playing...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection
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  • Entertainers
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (7)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (9)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (9)
  • Gelatin silver prints (9)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Portrait photographs (6)
  • Snapshots (6)
  • Publicity photographs (2)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (9)

Subjects

  • Actors (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Women, White (3)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Asian men (1)
  • Card tricks (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Journalism, Military (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Special events (1)
  • War photography (1)
  • Women jazz singers (1)
  • (-) Entertainers (9)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Presque Isle (Me.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995 (2)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Durbin, Deanna (1)
  • Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Falkenburg, Jinx, 1919-2003 (1)
  • Hapmton, Lionel (1)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (1)
  • Hussey, Ruth, 1911-2005 (1)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (1)
  • Johnson, Lucille (Singer) (1)
  • Kaye, Stubby (1)
  • Kennedy, Raymond C. (1)
  • Lowrey, Fred (1)
  • Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964 (1)
  • McCormick, Hugh (Ventriloquist) (1)
  • Moore, Garry, 1915-1993 (1)
  • Rae, Dorothy (1)
  • Soo, Long Pin (1)
  • Trevor, Claire, 1909-2000 (1)
  • Wilson, Meredith, 1902-1984 (1)
  • Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (6)
  • 1950 (5)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1946-12-01 (1)

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