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Image of Group of friends around table at a nightclub, Seattle, 1947
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Group of friends around table at a nightclub, Seattle, 1947

This photo shows five people seated at a nightclub table, with dancers in the background. Programs held by the couples reads "Second Annual Open Golf Tournament." First on the left is Roberta Fair, third from the left is Ruby Dandridge, and fourth from the left is "Lum" Honeysuckle. The others are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.002.008.0026
Date:1947
Image of Cab Calloway double exposure, Seattle, 1947
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Cab Calloway double exposure, Seattle, 1947

This double exposure shows two superimposed images of Cab Calloway singing into a microphone on stage during a Seattle performance.
ID Number:2014.49.002.008.0027
Date:1947
Image of Trumpet player, Seattle.  June 9, 1952
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Trumpet player, Seattle. June 9, 1952

Here, an unidcentified trumpet player poses with his trumpet, in a room that has been identified as jazz pianist Oscar Holden's home in Seattle. The Holden's home was the scene of monthly jam sessions. Handwritten on negative page: 6-9-52
ID Number:2014.49.002.009.0028
Date:1952
Image of Louis Armstrong and band performing at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29, 1949
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Louis Armstrong and band performing at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29, 1949

On January 29, 1949, trumpeter Louis Armstrong and his band played at Seattle's Civic Auditorium. Here, Armstrong (right) plays with clarinetist Barney Bigard. Handwritten on negative page: Louis Armstron & band 1-29-49
ID Number:2014.49.002.010.0030
Date:1949
Image of Earl Hines playing piano at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29,1949
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Earl Hines playing piano at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29,1949

Earl Hines, of Louis Armstrong's band, plays the piano at the Civic Auditorium at 321 Mercer St. January 29,1949. Handwritten on negative page: Louis Armstrong & band 1-29-49
ID Number:2014.49.002.010.0031
Date:1949
Image of Sidney Catlett performing with the Louis Armstrong All-Stars at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29, 1949
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Sidney Catlett performing with the Louis Armstrong All-Stars at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, January 29, 1949

On January 29, 1949, trumpeter Louis Armstrong and his All-Star band played at Seattle's Civic Auditorium. This photo shows drummer Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett performing during the show. Sidney Catlett (1910-1951) played regularly with Armstrong between 1938 and 1942, and also performed with Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie, and led his own bands, before becoming involved with Armstrong's…
ID Number:2014.49.002.010.0032
Date:1949
Image of Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra performing at the Senator Ballroom, Seattle, February 19, 1949
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Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra performing at the Senator Ballroom, Seattle, February 19, 1949

On February 19, 1949, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra played at Seattle's Senator Ballroom. Here, Gillespie plays, accompanied by bass and the rest of the orchestra. His big band bebop style was new to Seattle musicians. Handwritten on negative page: Dizzy Gillespie 2-19-49
ID Number:2014.49.002.011.0034
Date:1949
Image of Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra, Seattle, February 19, 1949
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Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra, Seattle, February 19, 1949

Unidentified members of Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra perform at the Civic Auditorium at 321 Mercer St on February 19, 1949. Handwritten on negative page: Dizzy Gillespie 2-19-49
ID Number:2014.49.002.011.0035
Date:1949
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Earl "Fatha" Hines playing piano, January 29, 1949

Earl "Fatha" Hines played piano with Louis Armstrong's jazz orchestra. Here, perched on a Coca Cola crate and bentwood chair, Hines plays the piano as an unidentified woman looks on. Handwritten on negative page: Louis Armstrong & band 1-29-49
ID Number:2014.49.002.012.0036
Date:1949
Image of Duke Ellington and Al Hibbler, 1947
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Duke Ellington and Al Hibbler, 1947

Blind singer Al Hibbler joined Duke Ellington's band in 1943. Here, Ellington has his hands on Hibbler's shoulders as he sings for the audience. Handwritten on individual negative sleeve: Duke & band 8-22-47
ID Number:2014.49.002.012.0038
Date:1947
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