Sylvia Tell in costume
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Sylvia Tell in southwestern costume and sombrero with guitar.
Date Published
1930
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Missakian, Baron Siroon
Baron (“Mister”) Siroon Missakian was born in 1891 or 1892 in Istanbul, Turkey, of Armenian parents. As a youth he apprenticed to the official photographer for the Ottoman Empire. A patron from Boston, impressed when he heard the boy’s voice in an Armenian church, brought him to this country in 1913. Missakian enlisted in the Army during World War I and spent most of his service time singing for Liberty Bond Campaigns. After the war, he managed a Chicago portrait studio, later moving to Kansas City in 1925. Known as a “creative photographer,” Missakian captured the images of Kansas City's resident and visiting performers during the Jazz Age, a time when Kansas City was one of the most dynamic arts centers in America. His camera not only documented the worlds of classical music and dance, but also the new popular entertainments, vaudeville and the movies. By 1926 he was well established and garnered awards for his studio portraits. Among those photographed were Missakian’s friend and neighbor Walt Disney, Milton Berle and Sir Carl Busch, founder of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra. Baron Missakian died July 7, 1964 after a long illness
Sylvia Tell in costume
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Sylvia Tell seated in costume with her body turned to the side, one arm above her head, her head turned to the other side looking off camera.
Date Published
1930
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Sylvia Tell in costume with two unidentified people
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Sylvia Tell in ballet costume with sequined hat and ruffled collar on tip toe with a white woman in a clown costume and another in a harlequin costume...
Date Published
1928
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Two unidentified boys
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Two unidentified white boys posed close together wearing identical shirts.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Two unidentified women dancing
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Two unidentified white women in ballet tutus, one en pointe with her hands to her chest and the other down on one knee.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified ballet dancer
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Unidentified white female ballet dancer en pointe with her hands held to her chest, bending back, looking off camera.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified ballet girl
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An unidentified white girl en pointe in ballet tutu posed against wall.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified ballet girl
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An unidentified white girl in ballet outfit en pointe.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified ballet girl
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An unidentified white girl en pointe in ballet tutu holding hat posed against painted backdrop.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified ballet girl
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An unidentified white girl en pointe in ballet tutu posed against painted backdrop.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy in sailor's collared shirt.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy in a sailor's collared shirt.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy in suit and tie.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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Head shot of an unidentified white boy posed in front of a painted backdrop in suit and tie.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy seated with one leg tucked under the other.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy in hat and ruffled collar.
Date Published
1921
1934
Member of
Unidentified boy
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An unidentified white boy in sailor's collared shirt.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified boy with his father
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An unidentified boy with his father both in suits and ties.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified child with her mother
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An unidentified girl sitting on the lap of her mother (both white).
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified girl
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An unidentified white girl in dress holding stuffed animal.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified girl
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Head shot of an unidentified white girl in dress.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified girl
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An unidentified white girl seated on rug wearing gown and boots.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified girl
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An unidentified white girl seated on rug wearing gown and boots.
Date Published
1921
1934
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Unidentified girl
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An unidentified white girl seated in dress holding ball.
Date Published
1921
1934
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