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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

Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae

Image

Dave Dexter, Jimmie Lunceford, and Bob Rae sitting on a sofa in the Plantation Club (location unknown). Dexter is holding an instrument case, looking...

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

Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Publicity photo of Jimmie Lunceford holding a conducting baton in both hands, looking forward, and smiling. Lunceford is wearing a black tuxedo and...

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

Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Publicity photo of Jimmie Lunceford sitting, turning forward, and smiling. Lunceford is wearing a white suit jacket and patterned tie.

Date Published
1936
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Publicity photo of Jimmie Lunceford turning to the side and smiling. Lunceford is wearing a white suit jacket and patterned tie.

Date Published
1936
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Publicity photo of Jimmie Lunceford leaning on a ledge with his arm up to the side. Lunceford is looking to the side and smiling, wearing a white suit...

Date Published
1936
1937
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Jimmie Lunceford and Joe Thomas

Image

Jimmie Lunceford holding a conducting baton and Joe Thomas playing saxophone in an unidentified venue.

Date Published
1941
1945
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

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford

Image

Nat King Cole, Helen Humes, Herb Shriner, and Jimmie Lunceford standing around an Armed Forces Radio Service microphone, Cole is wearing a pinstripe...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne

Image

Nat King Cole, Jimmie Lunceford, and Lena Horne standing behind a USA microphone and laughing. Cole is wearing a light colored suit and patterned tie...

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

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (9)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Portrait photographs (8)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Snapshots (5)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (4)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (9)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • Conductors (Music) (4)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Actors (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 (2)
  • Eckstine, Billy (2)
  • Courtney, Alan (1)
  • Dexter, Dave (1)
  • Horne, Lena (1)
  • Humes, Helen (1)
  • Rae, Bob (1)
  • Shriner, Herb, 1918-1970 (1)
  • Thomas, Joe, 1909-1986 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)
  • (-) Lunceford, Jimmie (10)

Date Published

  • 1941 (4)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1936 (3)
  • 1937 (3)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1944 (1)

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