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Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.

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

Billy Eckstein at the Apollo

Image

Billy Eckstine on stage at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

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

Billy Eckstein on stage

Image

Billy Eckstine singing into a microphone at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

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

Billy Eckstine

Image

Headshot of Billy Eckstine leaning forward and smiling. Eckstine is wearing a suit and patterned tie.

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Billy Eckstine with an unidentified woman

Image

Billy Eckstine standing at the door of a car with an unidentified woman. They are on a street in front of a chain link fence. Eckstine is smiling and...

Date Published
August-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Billy Eckstine with an unidentified woman and Billie G. Moore, Jr.

Image

Billy Eckstine standing with an unidentified woman and Billie G. Moore, Jr., in front of a car. They are on a street in front of a chain link fence...

Date Published
August-1991
Member of
Betty Crow Collection

Doug Parker, Joe Grady, and Billy Eckstine on WPEN

Image

Doug Parker, Joe Grady, an unidentified women, and Billy Eckstine sitting around a table with an overhead microphone for a radio broadcast of the "950...

Date Published
May-04-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jimmie Lunceford, Alan Courtney, and Billy Eckstine

Image

Jimmie Lunceford, Alan Courtney, and Billy Eckstine sitting at a table with a microphone. Courtney is placing his fingers in his ears. Lunceford and...

Date Published
1935
1940
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)
  • Betty Crow Collection (2)

Types

  • (-) photographs (8)

Genres

  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Snapshots (7)
  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1931-1940 (1)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Jazz singers (4)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Lunceford, Jimmie (2)
  • Courtney, Alan (1)
  • Grady, Joe (1)
  • Moore, Billie G. (1)
  • Parker, Doug (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)
  • (-) Eckstine, Billy (8)

Date Published

  • 1940 (3)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1991-08 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1946-05-04 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1965 (1)
  • 1970 (1)

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