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Count Basie and Nancy Elliott

Image

Count Basie seated with a cigarette in front a dressing room mirror in which Nancy Elliott can also be seen taking the photo.

Date Published
1982
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann seated at a table during an event

Image

Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and an unidentified African American woman holding a plaque seated at round dining table during an...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann laughing with two unidentified people

Image

Jay McShann holding a cigarette and laughing together with two unidentified people (a white woman (left) and a bearded white man (center)).

Date Published
September-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann speaking with an audience member while smoking a cigarette

Image

Jay McShann turned away from his piano and smoking a cigarette while speaking with an unidentified white woman from the audience; unknown bar.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with a cigarette

Image

Jay McShann holding a cigarette with a crowded background in Geneva, Switzerland; McShann is facing the camera and smiling slightly.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay McShann with unidentified woman

Image

Jay McShann posing for a photo with unidentified woman in glasses in the stairwell; McShann has one arm around her and his holding a paper cup and a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jeannie Morris with Helen Dorn and unidentified man

Image

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white man in a white jacket holding a cigarette and Helen Dorn of the New Jersey Jazz Society...

Date Published
May-19-1984
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Reda Carr in a jacket and corset

Image

Portrait of a standing Reda Carr smoking a cigarette and wearing a patterned jacket over a loosely tied black vest or bustier.

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection

Terri Lynn at the Colony Club

Image

"Terri Lynne" (Gary Hardy) posing in front of the tiled wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; from the right an unidentified white person...

Date Published
November-1968
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Two unidentified women at a bar

Image

Two unidentified white women at a bar posing for a photo by leaning in to each other so their heads touch; the woman in the red shirt is holding a...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Two women during a hospital event

Image

Two unidentified white women standing during an unidentified hospital event. The woman on the left is holding a cigarette in one hand while talking to...

Date Published
January-01-1966
December-31-1966
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Unidentified woman in a red shirt smoking a cigarette

Image

Unidentified woman in a red shirt seated in an unidentified bar; cigarette in one hand with empty wine glasses on the table; looking over at unseen...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Unidentified woman smoking a cigarette

Image

An unidentified white woman in striped blouse, head band, and scarf belt smoking a cigarette

Date Published
1922
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection
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  • Cigarettes
  • Women, White

Member of

  • Jay McShann Collection (7)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (1)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Linda Wilson Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (1)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (13)

Genres

  • Color photographs (9)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Snapshots (8)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Slides (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • Smoking (8)
  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • African American men (6)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (3)
  • Cigarette smokers (3)
  • Conversation (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (2)
  • Pianists (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Wine glasses (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Drag kings (1)
  • Drag queens (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Drinking cups (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Eyeglasses (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Mirrors (1)
  • Musicians' spouses (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Staircases (1)
  • Tables (1)
  • Tile facades (1)
  • Vests (1)
  • Women musicians (1)
  • Women singers (1)
  • (-) Cigarettes (13)
  • (-) Women, White (13)

Subjects, Community

  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ musicians (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Carr, Reda (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Dorn, Helen (1)
  • Elliott, Nancy Miller (1)
  • Hardy, Gary (Drag queen) (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)

Events

  • Harbor Island Jam Session (1)

Date Published

  • 1971 (4)
  • 1980 (4)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1990 (2)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1966-01-01 (1)
  • 1966-12-31 (1)
  • 1968-11 (1)
  • 1982 (1)
  • 1983-09 (1)
  • 1984-05-19 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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