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Dave Dexter, June Christy, and Phil Harris

Image

Dave Dexter, June Christy, an unidentified man, and Phil Harris photographed from the side in a recording studio. All are smiling and looking forward...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

Image

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris sitting at a table with microphones. Dexter is looking to the side and laughing. Wynn is in the center and...

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

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris

Image

Dave Dexter, Keenan Wynn, and Phil Harris joking around. Dexter is sitting behind a table and laughing at Wynn who is on the table, laying on his side...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

Image

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and Al Jarvis

Image

Dave Dexter, Red Skelton, and an unidentified man standing behind an unidentified women and Al Jarvis. Dexter is wearing a light colored suit and...

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

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

Image

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis singing during an event at UCLA, Los Angeles, California. Martin is on the left, looking up, and wearing a checkered suit...

Date Published
October-28-1951
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Dean Martin and Nat King Cole

Image

Dean Martin and Nat King Cole standing shoulder to shoulder and looking to the side. Martin is laughing with his hand extended out. Both are wearing...

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

Dos Fallopia in costume

Image

Publicity photo of Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt); both are dressed in country music star costumes and are smiling hugely at the camera...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Eddie Greene

Image

Signed portrait of Eddie Greene in military uniform smoking a cigarette.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman

Image

Edgar Bergen, Andy Russell, and Ingrid Bergman looking over papers. Russell is standing in the center, looking down while smiling. Bergen and Bergman...

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

Elliott Threatt

Image

Elliott Threatt, a local Kansas City comedian, holds the lapels of his business suit jacket and looks inquisitively at the camera in a close-up, head...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Elsa Maxwell at reception

Image

Members of the Yakama tribe who appeared in the Technicolor film “Canyon Passage” holding a reception for Elsa Maxwell and others, presenting her with...

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

Freddy Martin and Cass Daley

Image

Cass Daley and Freddy Martin holding papers and smiling while standing next to a microphone during a radio broadcast. Unidentified musicians are...

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

HWC and Chet Keyes

Image

Harriette W. Cookingham in dress with tea cup and saucer sits in screened in porch with Chet Keyes who wears suit and tie.

Date Published
June-1955
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jackie Gleason

Image

Signed portrait of Jackie Gleason.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton

Image

Jerry Colonna and Martha Tilton standing behind an ABC microphone and in front of a stage curtain. Colonna is looking at Tilton while smiling and...

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

Jerry Colonna, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope

Image

Jerry Colonna, Al Jarvis, and Bob Hope standing shoulder to shoulder against a wall. Jarvis is wearing a comical hat and bowtie. Colonna and Hope both...

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

Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson at the Apollo

Image

Johnny Taylor and Eddie Anderson (well known as Rochester with Jack Benny) performing on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

June Christy, Jack McVea, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis on air for "Can You Tie That"

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June Christy, Jack McVea, Dave Dexter, and Al Jarvis seated at tables with microphones while on air for "Can You Tie That" KLAC radio program hosted...

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

Kate Clinton

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a dark suit with arms crossed; she is smiling and facing the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton head in hand

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton with her head resting in one hand; smiling and looking at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton in a leather jacket

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton taken from the side while wearing a leather jacket; her head is turned to look at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton looking over her shoulder

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a dark suit and looking back over her shoulder at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton with a tie

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton in a white suit and dark, patterned tie smiling and facing the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Kate Clinton with upturned collar

Image

Publicity photo of comedian Kate Clinton wearing a dark suit with white shirt and upturned collar; smiling and looking at the camera.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (49)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (9)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (8)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (7)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)
  • Allan Bell Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (82)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (77)
  • Gelatin silver prints (77)
  • Portrait photographs (67)
  • Group portraits (53)
  • Snapshots (41)
  • Publicity photographs (38)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Stereographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (43)
  • 1991-2000 (21)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • Women, White (19)
  • Actors (18)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Lesbians (13)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (13)
  • Entertainers (10)
  • Actresses (9)
  • Singers (9)
  • Men, White (8)
  • Celebrities (6)
  • Children, White (6)
  • Women singers (6)
  • Children--Hospital care (5)
  • Hospital patients (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Authors, American (4)
  • Books (4)
  • Radio programs (4)
  • Rockabilly musicians (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American women (3)
  • Autographs (3)
  • Boys (3)
  • Male singers (3)
  • Radio talk show hosts (3)
  • Women musicians (3)
  • African American comedians (2)
  • Costume (2)
  • Rocking chairs (2)
  • Television actors and actresses (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American soldiers (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Board games (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Columns (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Fund raisers (1)
  • Fund raising (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Hospitals (1)
  • Leather jackets (1)
  • Medical instruments and apparatus (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Neckties (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Radio broadcasters (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Surgical plaster casts (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Telephone (1)
  • Toys (1)
  • Toy stores (1)
  • Ventriloquists (1)
  • Wheelchairs (1)
  • Wigs (1)
  • Women comedians (1)
  • Yakama Indians (1)
  • (-) Comedians (82)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • White lesbians (9)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (9)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (3)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (8)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dexter, Dave (15)
  • Jarvis, Al, 1910-1970 (13)
  • Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 (7)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (7)
  • Clinton, Kate (6)
  • Berle, Milton (5)
  • Colonna, Jerry, 1904-1986 (4)
  • Harris, Phil, 1904-1995 (4)
  • Tomlin, Lily (4)
  • Wirtz, Billy C. (4)
  • Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (3)
  • Burnett, Carol (3)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (3)
  • Costello, Lou (3)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (3)
  • Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 (3)
  • San Juan, Olga, 1927-2009 (3)
  • Carney, Art, 1918-2003 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (2)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (2)
  • Durante, Jimmy, 1893-1980 (2)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (2)
  • Hayes, Peter Lind, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (2)
  • Howard, Eugene (2)
  • Koch, Lisa (2)
  • Martin, Dean, 1917-1995 (2)
  • Platt, Peggy (2)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (2)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (2)
  • Wynn, Keenan, 1916-1986 (2)
  • Acuff, Roy (1)
  • Allen, Fred, 1896-1955 (1)
  • Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977 (1)
  • Auerbach, Artie, 1903-1957 (1)
  • Barker, Jess (1)
  • Barker, Jim, 1921- (1)
  • Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977 (1)
  • Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990 (1)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-1982 (1)
  • Bernie, Ben, 1891-1943 (1)
  • Bushkin, Joe (1)
  • Charlie, Job (1)
  • Chris Cali (Comedian) (1)
  • Cole, Buddy (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Daley, Cass (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Ennis, Skinnay (1)
  • Flynn, Ed (1)
  • Garland, Judy (1)
  • Greene, Eddie (1)
  • Haines, Connie, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Howard, Curly Joe, 1910-1993 (1)
  • Howard, Willie, 1886-1949 (1)
  • Jones, Philly Joe (1)
  • Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 (1)
  • Kaye, Sammy, 1910-1987 (1)
  • Lewis, Jerry, 1926- (1)
  • Lincoln, Ann (Musician) (1)
  • Logan, Ella, 1913-1969 (1)
  • Looney, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Lurlene (Trailer court queen) (1)
  • Markham, Pigmeat (1)
  • Martin, Freddy, 1906-1983 (1)
  • Maxwell, Elsa (1)
  • McVea, Jack (1)
  • Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976 (1)
  • Minnie Pearl (1)
  • O'Connor, Rod (1)
  • Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982 (1)
  • Rayburn, Gene (1)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Riley, Rachel (Comedienne) (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010 (1)
  • Taylor, Johnny (Musician) (1)
  • Thompson, Henry (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Threatt, Elliott (1)
  • Tilton, Martha (1)
  • Traill, Sinclair (1)
  • Turner, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968 (1)
  • Yallup, Thomas (1)
  • Yallup, William (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (33)
  • 1941 (26)
  • 1950 (18)
  • 1991 (14)
  • 2000 (11)
  • 1931 (5)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1946 (4)
  • 1998 (4)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1962-07-01 (3)
  • 1962-07-31 (3)
  • 1995-11-06 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1951-10-28 (1)
  • 1955-06 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1976 (1)
  • 1978 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
  • 1995-11-03 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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