Warren Durrett Collection

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: Double image: Man lying in the grass holding a cigarette; smiling man seated in the grass; Two images. Left: Man lying in the grass in a suit, one elbow propping him up, other hand with a cigarette, cradling the side of his face. Two other people are sitting in the grass behind him. Right: Smiling man in an open long sleeve shirt sitting in the grass, looking off to the left. Two men are standing in the top right of the image, other people and trees are visible in the distance in the top left., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Smiling woman with wind-blown hair; Warren Durrett and a man standing in suits; Two images. Left; smiling woman with wind-blown hair in a coat and a scarf standing in front of a building. Right; Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to another man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and hand inside jacket breast, à la Napoleon. They are standing in front of a house with another house next door., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Smiling woman; Warren Durrett with a smoking pipe; Two images. Left: smiling woman in a suit with her hands behind her back, standing by the side of a house. Right: Warren Durrett standing, arms crossed, in a long coat, with a pipe in his mouth, standing in front of a house., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Two women sitting in front of a tree; smiling woman near a stone building; Two images. Left: Smiling woman in a coat and a dress seated in the grass next to another woman, wearing a jacket and a skirt, in front of a tree. Right: Smiling woman in a polka dot dress standing in the grass near a large stone building with many windows., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Warren Durrett and unidentified man in front of a house; unidentified woman and Warren Durrett in front of a house; Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, standing next to another man in a suit and tie, both of them with an arm bent, and hand inside jacket breast, à la Napoleon. They are standing in front of a house with another house next door. Right: Woman in a suit jacket and long skirt, smiling, facing the right, next to Warren Durrett in a suit and tie, smiling, with something in his left hand. They are in front of a house and some bushes., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Warren Durrett standing in front of an automobile; unidentified man standing in front of an automobile; Two images. Left: Warren Durrett in sunglasses and a suit, one hand in his jacket pocket, standing in front of an automobile, which is in front of flowers and trees. Right: unidentified man in a long sleeve shirt and pants, one hand holding a cigarette, leaning back against an automobile, which is in front of trees., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Woman and man seated in the grass; man in a sweater and three others seated in the grass; Two images. Left; woman with curly hair in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt or shorts seated in the grass, looking into the distance. Seated next to her is a man, turned away from the camera, and there is a house in the distance. Right; smiling man in a patterned sweater seated in the grass, holding something (a stick?) in his hands. A woman and two other people are seated in the grass to the left, and there are trees in the background., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Woman standing in a park; man in a suit in front of a building; Two images. Left: Woman wearing a coat like a shawl over a patterned dress, in a park. There is a hand in front of her holding something. Other people are seated in the grass behind her, including someone holding a cigarette. There are trees in the distance. Right: Serious looking man in a suit with a steely gaze off to the left. He is standing in front of a building., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Woman standing in front of an automobile; Warren Durrett and woman standing in front of an automobile; Two images. Left: smiling woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt, leaning back on an automobile, in front of trees. Right: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to a woman in a short sleeve shirt and a skirt in front of an automobile, which is in front of trees., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double image: Woman with braided hair; smiling man on the street; Two images. Left: Smiling woman in a jacket with her hair braided on top in the grass in front of a stone building. Right: Smiling man in a long white shirt, with hands behind his back, standing on the side of the road, with cars parked on the opposite side in front of buildings and trees., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Double of the same image: Warren Durrett standing next to an automobile; Two of the same image: Warren Durrett in a suit standing next to the passenger's side door of an automobile, hand on the door. The vehicle is parked on the street in front of a group of buildings. Left image is more exposed than the right., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family members around a piano at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Members of the Durrett family around a piano at a 50th wedding anniversary. Man seated, playing the piano (Warren Durrett?). A plant and a box are on the piano, hats are hanging on hooks on the wall, and a man is leaning on the piano with one arm on his hip. A woman is seated to the right of him, a table with a case on it is to the right of her, with a mute on the floor behind it, and a very young girl in front of the table. In front of them: a young boy seated in a wooden chair, a smiling girl in a dress, a woman looking down at her, another young girl looking over at her, and to the far right, the arm of another young girl, seated in a chair. A plant is in a basket in the bottom left corner., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family members playing music at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Members of the Durrett family playing music together at a 50th wedding anniversary. In the back: man behind piano with arms folded on it; hats hanging on hooks on the wall; older man standing with arms folded. A plant and a box are on the piano, and a man (Warren Durrett?) is seated at it playing it, while to the right a man is playing an acoustic guitar. Seated in wooden chairs in the front of the photo is a man playing a trumpet with a mute and a man playing a guitar. The bent arm of a woman is visible on the left of the image., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family members playing music at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Members of the Durrett family around a piano at a 50th wedding anniversary. Woman seated at the piano, a plant and a box and instruments on top of it, and hats and a coat are hanging on hooks on the wall. A young girl is standing next to the piano. In front of them: a man seated with arms folded, a man playing a mandolin; a young girl in a dress with her hand on the knee of another man with a mandolin; a man with his legs crossed; and a young girl in a frilly dress with her hands folded in her lap. Behind her on the right edge of the image is an older man seated., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family members singing barber shop music at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Members of the Durrett family singing barber shop music together at a 50th wedding anniversary. Two men are holding onto one folded copy of the score, and two other men are holding onto another copy, the front of the score book reading "Barber Shop Ballads." There are streamers hanging from the ceiling, a young girl in plaid to the left, in front of a piano, and a man in the background to the right with his arms folded., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family, at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Members of the Durrett family standing in two rows at a 50th wedding anniversary. Back row: man in suspenders and a tie; man in a tie; woman in a dress; Warren Durrett in a dotted tie; smiling man in a tie. Front row: woman in a floral patterned dress; the wife and husband, holding a banner that says "50th Anniversary"; woman in a dress., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family, at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Durrett family standing in three rows at a 50th wedding anniversary. Back row: Man in suspenders and a tie; man holding a young girl; smiling man; Warren Durrett. Middle row: woman in a floral patterned dress; laughing woman in patterned dress; three other women; smiling man in a tie. Front row: young girl in a dress; even younger girl in a dress; the wife and husband, holding a banner that says "50th Anniversary"; woman in a dress with her arm interlocked with a smiling man in a tie., August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett family, at a fifty year wedding anniversary; Family portrait standing on the grass in front of trees, with a small house in the background to the right. There are nine people standing, from left to right: woman in a dark dress; woman in a patterned dress; woman in a dress with a white collar; older woman [Durrett's grandmother?] in a patterned dress with her hands together; an older man [Durrett's grandfather?] in a shirt and tie; two other men in shirts and ties; a man in suspenders and a tie; and Warren Durrett in a short sleeve button up shirt and no tie. Writing in the bottom border of the image reads: "The Durrett's [sic] on 50th Anniversary - 8/5/51", August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Durrett husband and wife on their fiftieth wedding anniversary; Durrett husband and wife standing next to each other at their fiftieth wedding anniversary. There is a table in front of them with plates, candles, ribbons, flowers, and a large cake with bride and groom cake toppers. A woman is seated in the background behind them, and a banner is hanging on the wall that reads "50th Anniversary.", August 5, 1951, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Family seated on front steps of a house; Family seated in rows on the front steps of a brick house. There is one woman in the back row, and in the middle: a woman with a hand on her knee; a young girl holding a black dog on her lap; a man in a jacket and sweater; and an older woman with her hands folded in her lap. In the front, there is another young girl, with her arms wrapped around a dog in front of her. There is a column on either side of the steps, and foliage to the right., No date; approximately 1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Four Noteables; Promotional photograph from the torso up of the Four Noteables. Warren Durrett and two unidentified men in black jackets and patterned ties, and Laura Webb wearing a light-colored coat. Text below reads: "The Four Noteables, featured with Warren Durrett and his orchestra.", No date; likely late 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Four Noteables performing with the Warren Durrett orchestra; The Four Noteables performing on stage with the Warren Durrett Orchestra. Man, Laura Webb, Durrett, and another man, holding a trumpet, singing into two microphones in front of the band. There is a piano back to the left, and the band is seated in rows behind music stands. Visible instruments are drums, trombone, and saxophone., No date; approximately 1945-1950, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Group of men in a recording studio; Group of men standing in a recording studio. Front and center are an older man in a striped shirt and a man with a beard and a sweater. Warren Durrett is on the far right, talking with someone. They are in a studio, with microphones and acoustic panels in the background., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Group of people seated on a ship; High angle photo of the deck of a ship. In the front, there are three empty folding chairs, one very short, and to the right of them is a man seated in a fourth chair. There is another row of five chairs, with women seated in them, some wearing sunglasses. There is a railing behind them, sealing off access to the stern., No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Group of people with a man holding a baby; Group of unidentified smiling people, from left to right: woman in short sleeve shirt and long skirt holding something (cigarette?) in her hands; older gentleman in suit and tie; woman in shirt, coat, and long skirt; a man in a suit, wearing glasses, holding a baby wearing a white dress and booties. Behind them to the right is a building. The exposure is uneven at the bottom of the image., No date; approximately 1945-1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Group of well-dressed people in front of a house; Group of six unidentified people, left to right: woman in a dark outfit, holding something in her hands; man in a light suit and tie; another man in a light suit and tie wearing glasses; woman in a dark outfit holding something in her hands, wearing a hat and earrings; man in a dark suit and light tie; woman in a light outfit, mostly cut off at edge of photo. They are standing in front of a house, with trees and utility poles further in the background., No date; approximately 1945-1949, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Group of women in a park by tennis courts; Group of women at and around a picnic table in a park, in front of tennis courts. There are six women seated at the picnic table (four on the left, two on the right), two women standing to the left of it, and eight standing behind it. There is a poster board in front of the table, and some of the women are holding tennis rackets. There is a large tree next to the table, and other trees in the background behind the tennis courts., No date; likely 1970s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

: Headshot of Laura Webb; Headshot of Laura Webb looking off to the right. Printed text below reads: "A Banister Photo.", No date; likely 1940s, Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

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