896 results for: Performing Arts
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Costumed women dancing, June 22, 1944
Four unidentified women in costume dance at a club or hall, while the audience, seated at tables, looks on. Handwriting on the negative sleeve identifies this as "Bea Shaggs and Co. at South Seas 6-22-44."
ID Number:2014.49.002.024.0200
Date:1944
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Count Basie's orchestra at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1947
An unidentified singer with Count Basie's orchestra stands at the microphone at the Trianon at 218 Wall St, with the orchestra behind him. Behind the singer and to the left is Willie Smith on saxophone. Audience members sit in the foreground on wicker chairs. Written on negative sleeve: Jazz / Eagles / Jimmy Lunceford
ID Number:2014.49.002.025.0083
Date:Circa 1947
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Jimmie Lunceford band at the Trianon Ballroom, Seattle, circa 1947
This photo shows the Jimmie Lunceford band performing before a packed audience at the Trianon Ballroom at 218 Wall Street. Band leader Jimmie Lunceford stands to the right of an unidentified saxophonist at the microphone. Written on negative sleeve: Jazz / Eagles / Jimmy Lunceford
ID Number:2014.49.002.025.0084
Date:Circa 1947
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View from behind the brass section at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1947
Here, at Seattle's Trianon Ballroom, a black trumpet player plays with an unidentified band while the white audience looks on. For many years, the Trianon Ballroom, 218 Wall Street, was a segregated club. While black bands might play, black patrons were restricted to one night a week at most. Written on negative sleeve: Jazz / Eagles / Jimmy Lunceford
ID Number:2014.49.002.025.0085
Date:Circa 1947
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Erskine Hawkins performing at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, October 14, 1944
Trumpet player Erskine Hawkins was best known for composing ""Tuxedo Junction." Here, Hawkins plays the trumpet at Seattle's Civic Auditorium on October 14, 1944. The audience stands at the edge of the stage. Written on negative sleeve: 10-14-44 Erskine Hawkins Civic Audit.
ID Number:2014.49.002.026.0088
Date:1944
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Trumpet player Erskine Hawkins performing at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, October 14, 1944
Trumpet player Erskine Hawkins was best known for composing ""Tuxedo Junction"". Here, Hawkins plays the trumpet at Seattle's Civic Auditorium on October 14, 1944. Fan Helen Truhill, at the edge of the stage, smiles toward the camera. Written on negative sleeve: 10-14-44 Erskine Hawkins Civic Audit.
ID Number:2014.49.002.026.0089
Date:1944
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Jazz pianist and audience, October 14, 1944
A jazz pianist smiles toward the camera as the audience moves around below the stage. Written on negative sleeve: 10-14-44 Erskine Hawkins Civic Audit.
ID Number:2014.49.002.026.0091
Date:1944
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Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet with his band, Seattle, July 17, 1944
Trumpet player Louis Armstrong and his band played Seattle's Civic Auditorium on July 17 and 18, 1944. Many of his fans at the edge of the stage are in military dress. Written on negative page: 7-17-44 Louis Armstrong [band?] / Opening night Madison USO 9-16-44Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, July 14, 1944, p. 10.
ID Number:2014.49.002.027.0094
Date:1944
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Louis Armstrong performing at the Civic Auditorium, Seattle, July 17, 1944
Trumpet player Louis Armstrong and his band played Seattle's Civic Auditorium on July 17 and 18, 1944. Here, two sailors sit in the front row, listening to Armstrong play the trumpet. Written on negative page: 7-17-44 Louis Armstrong [band?] / Opening night Madison USO 9-16-44Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, July 14, 1944, p. 10.
ID Number:2014.49.002.027.0096
Date:1944
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Military jazz band performing, Seattle, September 16, 1944
In this 1944 photo, jazz musicians perform at a club while the audience gathers at the edge of the small stage. All are men in miltary uniform. Written on negative page: Opening night Madison USO 9-16-44
ID Number:2014.49.002.027.0097
Date:1944