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Bill Carter & the Soul Machine

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Publicity photo of Bill Carter and the Soul Machine featuring Bill posing with a guitar.

Date Published
1964
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Bump and the Soul Stompers

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Publicity photo of Bump and The Soul Stompers, featuring six unidentified musicians playing instruments.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

C and the Shells

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Publicity photo of C and the Shells, featuring Calvin White, Andrea Bolden, and Lonzine White.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Capitols

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Publicity photo of The Capitols, featuring Samuel George, Don Storball, Richard Mitchell In a dance pose.

Date Published
1966
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Capitols

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Publicity photo of The Capitols, featuring Samuel George, Don Storball, Richard Mitchell wearing striped tuxedo jackets.

Date Published
July-1966
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Chuck Vallent and the Prophets

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Publicity photo of Chuck Vallent and the Prophets featuring Chuck playing guitar.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Chuck Vallent and the Prophets

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Publicity photo of Chuck Vallent and the Prophets featuring Chuck with head resting in hand.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams wearing suit.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams holding double-neck guitar.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Gaslight

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Publicity photo for the Gaslight featuring four unidentified members.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Gene Kennebrew

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Publicity photo of Gene Kennebrew wearing buttoned suit jacket.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Junior Wells

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Publicity photo of Junior Wells on stage.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Larry Cummings

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Publicity photo of Larry Cummings wearing tuxedo.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Larry Cummings

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Publicity photo of Larry Cummings wearing tuxedo.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Mighty Sensations

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Publicity photo of the Mighty Sensations featuring seven unidentified band members.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Nappy Brown

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Publicity photo of Nappy Brown, smiling and holding a cigarette.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Nivicos

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Publicity photo of Nivicos featuring six unidentified band members wearing matching shirts and sunglasses.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

On stage at the Colony Club

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Unidentified female impersonator in a bright green dress and matching earrings on stage at the Colony Club (likely) in Kansas City; she's in front of...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

On stage at the Colony Club

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Unidentified man with unidentified drag queen and musical band (African American musicians) behind them playing on stage at the Colony Club in Kansas...

Date Published
October-1967
Member of
GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection

Publicity photo of the Mighty Clouds of Joy

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Publicity photo of the Mighty Clouds of Joy, featuring Joe Ligon, Jimmy Jones, Johnny Martin, Ermant Franklin Jr., Artis Turnbough, Elmo Franklin...

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Royal Rockers Band with the "5" Royal's

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Publicity photo of the Royal Rockers Band with the "5" Royal's.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Test photo for publicity photo of Oscar Kelly

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Test photo for publicity photo of Oscar Kelly holding guitar behind back.

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Test shot for publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Test shot for publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams wearing suit.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Test shot for publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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Test shot for publicity photo of Claude "Fiddler" Williams holding double-neck guitar.

Date Published
1961
1965
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

Two unidentified performers wearing Hawaiian shirts

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Two unidentified performers wearing Hawaiian shirts. Inscription on photo labels performer on right as "Monk."

Date Published
1961
1976
Member of
Allan Bell Collection

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  • African American musicians
  • 1961-1970

Member of

  • Allan Bell Collection (26)
  • GLAMA: Michael Boles Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (28)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (26)
  • Gelatin silver prints (26)
  • Portrait photographs (26)
  • Publicity photographs (25)
  • Group portraits (15)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Slides (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (10)
  • (-) 1961-1970 (28)

Subjects

  • Soul musicians (5)
  • African American singers (4)
  • Violinists (4)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (2)
  • Drag queens (2)
  • Gay bars (2)
  • Gay men (2)
  • African American guitarists (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Blues musicians (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Drag shows (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • (-) African American musicians (28)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • White gay men (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (4)
  • Cummings, Larry (2)
  • Brown, Nappy, 1929-2008 (1)
  • Carter, Bill (Musician) (1)
  • Kelly, Oscar (1)
  • Kennebrew, Gene (1)
  • Wells, Junior, 1934-1998 (1)

Date Published

  • 1961 (23)
  • 1970 (11)
  • 1976 (10)
  • 1965 (4)
  • 1967-10 (2)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1966-07 (1)

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