Poster advertising Earle's Fall Fashion and Fur Show on Sunday, October 12, 1952, 8PM, at Music Hall in Municipal Auditorium; attractions include Marva Louis Spaulding, Miss Kansas City Popularity Contest, and $1,000 mink giveaway; $2.00 admission tickets available at Rose Room, Streets Hotel; Earle's, 2628 Indiana; Parkview Drug, 27th and Benton, Millie's Lounge, 26th and Indiana, Mardi Gras, 19th and Vine; photo of Marva Louis Spaulding on poster.
Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Thursday, February 2, 1942, sponsored by Paseo Men's Service Club, featuring "The Spotlight sensation" Count Basie; admission 75 cents in advance.
Poster advertising concert on Sunday, May 30, 1943, at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City; concert featured the Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra featuring Trevor Bacon, Peg Leg Bates, Red and Curley (not pictured); special added attraction of Sister Rosetta Tharpe; admission $1.00 in advance and $1.25 at the door; tickets on sale at Crown Drug Stores: 12th and Paseo, 18th and Vine, 22nd and Prospect; Monarch Taxi, KCMO; Drew's Pharmacy, Home Drug Co., KCK.
Poster advertising concert at Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, on Sunday, October 11, 1942, featuring Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestral; admission 75 cents in advance and 90 cents at the door; tickets on sale at Crown Drug Stores, Monarch Taxi, Cundiff Drug Store, 5th and Quindaro; Drew's Pharmacy, and Home Drug Co., Kansas City, Kansas.
Todd Strait and Bob Bowman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Strait is playing drums and looking up at Bowman who is playing bass. They are in front of a glass window with a neon sign that reads "Jazz".
Al "Delightful De" Bartee and Jim Mair at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartee is playing drums while smiling. Mair is playing saxophone while closing his eyes. They are in front of a glass window with a neon sign that reads "Jazz".
Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is singing into a microphone while smiling. Framed photos hang from a brick wall in back.
Joe Cartwright and an unidentified woman at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano and the woman is singing into a microphone while smiling. Framed photos hang from a brick wall in back.
Joe Cartwright at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is playing piano while grimacing. A table with beer bottles and glasses is in front.
Joe Cartwright at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Cartwright is singing while playing piano. A window sign with the bar name is behind him.
Marcellus Lee at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is singing while playing the piano. A window with the bar name is behind him.
Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet and facing to the right, Speedy Huggins sitting in front and looking forward, Rusty Tucker in back playing piano, and Lucky Wesley playing bass while smiling. Other people are sitting in front of the stage. The stage is in front of a large glass window looking out on downtown.
Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Speedy Huggins sitting at the piano, Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet while holding it at a downward angle, and Rusty Tucker sitting in back and smiling. Other people are sitting behind them. The back wall has large windows looking out on downtown.
Jazz musicians at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Kevin Mahogany standing and facing the right, Tyrone Clark playing bass, and an unidentified man playing electric guitar. A group of people are sitting in front of the stage smiling and talking. A glass window and neon sign are in back.
Kevin Mahogany and Tyrone Clark at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Mahogany is singing into a microphone and closing his eyes. Clark is playing bass and looking to the side. Another woman is sitting in the audience looking to the side. A glass window and neon sign are in back.
Jazz musicians performing at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. From left to right: Wayne Ruppenthal playing trumpet and facing to the right, Speedy Huggins sitting in front and looking forward, Rusty Tucker in back playing piano, and Lucky Wesley playing bass while smiling. Other people are sitting in front of the stage. The stage is in front of a large glass window looking out on downtown.
Lucky Wesley at The Phoenix on 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Wesley is holding a bass and looking to the side. An unidentified man is sitting at the piano. Other people are sitting in front of the stage smiling and clapping. A glass window with the bar name is in back.
Richard Ross and Speedy Huggins at The Phoenix at 8th and Central in Kansas City, Missouri. Ross is standing on the left, wearing a dark shirt. Both men are looking at performers on stage.
