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"Big James" Montgomery

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"Big James" Montgomery, Chicago blues style trombonist, smiles as he holds a trombone across his body with both hands with a cloth over the bell that...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Black Monday" gathering in Chicago, IL

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Ground view of "Black Monday" gathering at Civic Center Plaza in Chicago, IL, 1969. An African American man in the center of the photo has is arm...

Date Published
September-22-1969
Member of
Lucile Bluford Collection

"Chris Cali"

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Comedian "Chris Cali" stands in front of a weeping willow background wearing a backwards flat cap, sunglasses, earrings, a open plaid shirt over a...

Date Published
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Great Day in Harlem"

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"A Great Day in Harlem": Art Kane portrait of fifty-seven jazz musicians in Harlem; Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1958
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

"Joe Liggins Leader of the Famous Honeydrippers"

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Headshot of Joe Liggins leaning forward and smiling. Liggins is wearing a white suit and patterned tie.

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

"Wild Child" Butler

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Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler holds a harmonica to his mouth with both hands and looks slightly to the right. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

"Wild Child" Butler

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Blues harmonica player "Wild Child" Butler closes his eyes, grips his left hand in a fist, and opens his mouth to sing into a microphone. He has a cap...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

'Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows

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Houserocker' Johnson and the Shadows in a bar. Guitarist Houserocker sits on a piano with his feet on the keys holding an electric blues guitar across...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

1946 Mercury

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A photograph of a parked 1946 Mercury sedan with the driver's side door open. Two unidentified African American people, a man and a woman, are on the...

Date Published
1946
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival performers

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Musicians at the 1986 Conneaut Lake Jazz Festival, Pennsylvania. Back row, top left: Bob Haggart, Johnny Varro, Marty Grosz, Ray Sherman, Johnny Mince...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

360 Degrees

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360 Degrees, a band of five African American men, performing on stage. Printed along the bottom of the photograph, "360 Degrees."

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

375th Army Service Forces band

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1943
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats off

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

375th Army Service Forces Band with hats on

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Group portrait of the 375th Army Service Band; Camp Shanks, New York. Band personnel (H. Jackson, percussionist; T. Waters, L. Faulk, D. Taylor, A...

Date Published
1944
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

A.C. Reed

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Blues saxophonist A.C. Reed smiles at the camera as he sits at a high-top table with am elaborately engraved saxophone lying on its side on the table...

Date Published
2001
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

A.M.E. Zion General Conference

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Twelve African American men, Board of Bishops of the AME Zions, St. Louis, Missouri, stand on steps in front of doors to a building in Washington D.C...

Date Published
May-18-1928
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Aaron Neville at the Kansas City Spirit Fest

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Aaron Neville, one of the national acts to perform at the Kansas City Spirit Festival, wearing a leopard print tank top, stands and sings into a...

Date Published
September-06-1998
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

About to kiss at City Hall

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Jon Barnett (right) in a Silence=Death t-shirt about to kiss an unidentified white man on the steps of City Hall as part of the National Day of...

Date Published
June-30-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

AC Reed at the Grand Emporium

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AC Reed, one of the national acts to perform at the Grand Emporium, wearing sunglasses and an Irish cap with stars punched into it, blows into a...

Date Published
January-12-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

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ACT UP/KC gay pride rally on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City; seven unidentified men are seen (one African American man in white pants, the rest...

Date Published
June-22-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

ACT UP/KC rally on the steps of City Hall

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ACT UP/KC gay pride rally on the steps of City Hall in Kansas City; Jon Barnett is standing in front of a microphone, an unidentified white man is...

Date Published
June-22-1989
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Actor Conrad Janis speaking

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Actor Conrad Janis speaking during an event for USAir at the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel; an unidentified white man is on the left and an...

Date Published
January-1983
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater

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Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party...

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page at the Gem Theater

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Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

Date Published
January-22-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Adam Page at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2002

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Adam Page, wearing a ball cap, seriously looks forward as he plays electric guitar on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

Date Published
June-29-2002
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

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