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Cotton Candy and four unidentified men

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Blues singer Cotton Candy sits in the center of four unidentified white men, all wearing fedora hats. The men sit on the chair's arm rests and on the...

Date Published
May-16-1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy & So Many Men, a blues band from Kansas City comprised of one African American woman, one African American man, and four white men, sit...

Date Published
1995
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy and So Many Men

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Cotton Candy and So Many Men, is a blues ensemble comprised of one African American woman, six white men, and one African American man. Vocalist...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Cotton Candy at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

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Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.

Date Published
July-18-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Cotton Candy Washington during the Living Blues weekend

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Cotton Candy Washington slants her eyes to the right with a smile on her face as she hold an unlit cigarette with long, long finger nails, long long...

Date Published
September-18-1999
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007
  • 1991-2000

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (4)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (6)

Genres

  • Group portraits (4)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Photocopies (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1991-2000 (6)

Subjects

  • African American women (6)
  • Bands (Music) (4)
  • Blues musicians (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Singers (4)
  • African American men (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)

Subjects, People

  • (-) Washington, Cotton Candy, 1931-2007 (6)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1998) (1)

Date Published

  • 1998 (2)
  • 1995 (1)
  • 1995-05-16 (1)
  • 1998-07-18 (1)
  • 1999-09-18 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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