Paintings; Acrylic paintings; Mixed media; Graffiti; Poetry; Inscriptions; Music; Jazz; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Composers; Celebrities; People associated with entertainment & sports; Clothing & dress;...
"Although savvy enough to take [Robert] Rauschenberg and [Jasper] Johns as models, as well as to avoid the subways, Basquiat teamed up with a fellow dropout, Al Diaz, and headed for SoHo, where the art world soon knew the pair through their...
Three-story brick building surrounded by two porches and with massive dormers and a small bell tower. A crowd gathers on the first floor porch. A brass band stands in a row on the sidewalk, beneath the crowd. Several horse-drawn carts pass along...
Dunbar steamboat at the Burkesville, Kentucky dock on the Cumberland River. The steamer is filled with passengers, including a brass band on the top level. There is also a crowd on the shore and two harnessed horses in the foreground.
Three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified mustachioed man wearing a tuxedo and holding a brass instrument, possibly a trombone, with both hands. Location of photo studio: Philadelphia (Pa.). Title supplied by cataloger.
Three-quarter length portrait of musician Walter Emerson playing cornet. He wears a mustache and a tuxedo with pocket watch on a fob. Emerson performed in a "Grand Sacred Concert by Boston Stars" at Macauley's Theatre on February 26,...
Women and children line up beside a Christmas tree to receive cotton sacks, presumably full of food and toys, from a man in a suit, who is flanked by men and women in Salvation Army uniforms. Behind them, on stage, are uniformed children with...
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Blackboards; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments; Percussion instruments; Pipes (Smoking)
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy (at chalkboard) instructs ten young men, presumably members of his big band, some of whom hold instruments and one of whom holds a pipe in his month. The chalkboard is labeled "Conn...
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy with his bandmates on stage, possibly at the Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky. They are all wearing Santa suits. Title supplied by cataloger.
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy with his bandmates on stage, possibly at the Pendennis Club, Louisville, Kentucky. They are all wearing Santa suits. Title supplied by cataloger.
Musicians; Jazz musicians; Big bands; Clyde McCoy Orchestra; Men; Costumes; Brass instruments
Jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader Clyde McCoy poses on the steps of the Pendennis Club, wearing a Santa suit and shaking hands with a man in an overcoat. The rest of his band, also wearing Santa suits, stand behind him, holding their...
Bands; Marching bands; Brass instruments; University of Louisville. Band
A uniformed member of the University of Louisville Marching Cardinals plays a euphonium in the parking lot of Fairgrounds Stadium. The band was re-established in 1979 after a ten year hiatus and performed for the first time at Fairgrounds Stadium...
Horn players from the University of Louisville's Pep Band perform at an unknown event. The Pep Band garnered national recognition as a result of its enthusiasm and antics. An article in the March 1983 issue of The Thinker recounts the Pep Band's...
Jerry Lyon, young son of University of Louisville band director Ernest Lyon, directs an adult playing a sousaphone. Jerry Lyon stands on a table and holds a baton.