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Al Casey playing guitar

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Al Casey leaning back and seated with his legs crossed in a studio with a piano in the background. Casey is playing the guitar on his lap and looking...

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

Allan Reuss with guitar

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Allan Reuss playing guitar in a recording studio. Reuss is sitting on a stool and resting the guitar on his lap while looking forward and smiling.

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

Ben Webster plays

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Ben Webster playing saxophone with Buck Clayton in his military uniform seated behind him along with Leonard Gaskin, Tiny Grimes, and an unidentified...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bud Scott

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Bud Scott playing guitar in a recording studio. Scott is looking down and smiling, wearing a light colored shirt and suspenders.

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

Carl Kress

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Carl Kress holding a guitar and looking up while smiling. Kress is sitting and hearing a white shirt, tie, and suspenders.

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

Carl Kress

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Carl Kress holding a guitar and looking up while smiling with a cigarette in his mouth. Kress is sitting and hearing a white shirt, tie, and...

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

Carl Kress playing guitar

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Carl Kress looking down at music on a stand while playing guitar in a recording studio. Kress is playing next to a Capitol Records microphone hanging...

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

Django Reinhardt

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Django Reinhardt looking down while playing a guitar. Reinhardt is smoking a cigarette and wearing a tweed suit jacket.

Date Published
1979
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Django Reinhardt playing guitar

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Django Reinhardt sitting on a stool and looking down while playing a guitar. Reinhardt is wearing a dark colored suit and white patterned tie.

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

Freddie Guy

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Freddie Guy sitting and facing forward while playing guitar onstage in front of Sonny Greer's drum kit.

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

Hy White

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Hy White sitting and playing guitar in a recording studio with other unidentified musicians. White is wearing a suit jacket and bowtie, looking down...

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

Johnny Johnston

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Headshot of Johnny Johnston turning to the side and looking forward while smiling. Johnston is wearing a pinstripe suit and black tie.

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

Johnny Johnston playing guitar

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Publicity photo of Johnny Johnston sitting and facing forward while playing guitar on this lap. Johnston is wearing a dark suit and tie.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

King Cole Trio

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Publicity photo of King Cole Trio featuring Oscar Moore playing guitar, Nat King Cole sitting at a piano, and Johnny Miller playing bass. All three...

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

Leadbelly playing in studio

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Leadbelly [Huddie Ledbetter] playing guitar in a recording studio while also singing into a CPM microphone hanging from overhead. Leadbelly is sitting...

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

Nappy Lamare

Image

Publicity photo of Nappy Lamare holding a banjo while sitting and smiling. Lamare is wearing a striped jacket, straw hat, and bowtie.

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

Nappy Lamare and Zutty Singleton

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Nappy Lamare playing banjo and Zutty Singleton playing a snare drum while posing with other members of an unidentified Dixieland-style band. All...

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

Nappy Lamare in studio

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Nappy Lamare playing guitar with an unidentified bass player and unidentified trombonist in a studio. Lamare is sitting and looking to the side...

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

Nappy Lamare playing guitar

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Nappy Lamare sitting and playing guitar while looking down. Lamare is wearing a checkered shirt and suspenders.

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

Nappy Lamare playing guitar

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Nappy Lamare holding a guitar and sitting behind a desk with music while looking forward and smiling. Lamare is wearing a black tuxedo and bowtie.

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

Nappy Lamare singing

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Nappy Lamare singing into a studio microphone. Lamare is looking down at music on a stand and is wearing a white shirt and patterned tie.

Date Published
October-29-1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Oscar Moore playing guitar

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Oscar Moore playing guitar in a studio. Moore is holding the guitar up and looking forward. Moore is sitting on a stool, wearing a plaid shirt and...

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

Oscar Moore playing guitar

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Oscar Moore playing guitar in Capitol Records studio, Los Angeles, California. Moore is holding the guitar up and looking forward. Moore is partially...

Date Published
December-15-1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Paul Weston, Zutty Singleton, and Dave Barbour

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Paul Weston, Zutty Singleton, and Dave Barbour in a recording studio. Weston is standing on the left, looking down at Singleton, and holding his hands...

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

Scene from "Negroid Evolution"

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Scene from the play "Negroid Evolution" produced and directed by Bettye Miller. A group of men and women are on stage dressed as enslaved persons in...

Date Published
1949
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

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  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (27)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (31)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (31)
  • Gelatin silver prints (31)
  • Portrait photographs (26)
  • Snapshots (22)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Publicity photographs (8)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (31)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (18)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Actors (3)
  • African American men (3)
  • Guitar (3)
  • Actresses (2)
  • African American women (2)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Cotton (2)
  • Double bassists (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Enslaved persons (2)
  • Jazz musicians, White (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Soldiers (2)
  • African American musicians (1)
  • Asian men (1)
  • Card tricks (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Journalism, Military (1)
  • Male singers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • War photography (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Guitarists (31)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Presque Isle (Me.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Lamare, Nappy (6)
  • Kress, Carl, 1907-1965 (3)
  • Moore, Oscar (3)
  • Johnston, Johnnie, 1915-1996 (2)
  • Reinhardt, Django, 1910-1953 (2)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (2)
  • Barbour, Dave (1)
  • Casey, Al (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (1)
  • Gaskin, Leonard (1)
  • Grimes, Tiny, 1916-1989 (1)
  • Gurzas, Tito (1)
  • Guy, Fred (1)
  • Johnson, Lucille (Singer) (1)
  • Kaye, Stubby (1)
  • Kennedy, Raymond C. (1)
  • Leadbelly, 1885-1949 (1)
  • Livingson, Ulysses, 1912-1988 (1)
  • Miller, Johnny (Double bassist) (1)
  • Reuss, Allan (1)
  • Ritter, Tex (1)
  • Scott, Bud, 1890-1949 (1)
  • Soo, Long Pin (1)
  • Ullner, Walter (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Weston, Paul, 1912-1996 (1)
  • White, Hy, 1915- (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (20)
  • 1941 (12)
  • 1950 (9)
  • 1949 (2)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1943-12-15 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1947-10-29 (1)
  • 1979 (1)
  • 1980 (1)

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