Evie Quarles Collection

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This collection consists of 866 images captured by Kansas City-based blues and jazz photographer, Evie Quarles. Quarles provided annotations for the photographs, identifying people, place, date, and event, rendering the collection highly discoverable to researchers.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Doug Hemphill at the Gem Theater

Doug Hemphill, wearing a zip-neck sweater, a large cross necklace and a sports jacket, stands looking out as he plays a "Flying V" guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Millage Gilbert at the Gem Theater

Millage Gilbert, wearing a Fedora, a double-breasted suit, and sunglasses, plays the guitar as he stands behind a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Adam Page at the Gem Theater

Adam Page, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, looks down at the neck of a guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Roy Searcy and his cake

Roy Searcy, wearing a pinstripe suit and a fedora hat, grins at the photographer with a cake in front of him that has written in frosting, "God Bless You Roy - Kansas City Loves You Happy 81 Birthday" during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Adam Page and Duck Warner at the Gem Theater

Duck Warner, wearing a long-tailed tuxedo, closes his eyes as he prepares to blow into a trumpet pointed at a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Adam Page is visible behind Duck sitting and playing the guitar with his eyes closed.
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Bob Bowman at the Gem Theater

Bob Bowman, wearing a suit and tie, studies the fingers of his left hand as they suppress the strings of a bass he is playing during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A microphone stand is visible in the foreground.
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Al Pearson at the Gem Theater

Al Pearson, wearing a dark suit, closes his eyes and blows into a trumpet during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Curtains are visible in the background.
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Oliver Todd leans on his hands at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Oliver Todd rests the left side of his face on his folded hands at a table at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
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King Alex at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

King Alex, seated and wearing a pinstriped, double-breasted suit, gives a closed lip smile as he plays bass at the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
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Elija Frazer at the Gem Theater

Elija Frazer looks directly at the photographer as he plays a drum set wearing a tuxedo and smoking a pipe during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Gerald Dunn at the Gem Theater

Gerald Dunn stands facing right, looking down, and plays an alto saxophone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A guitarist is visible seated behind Gerald.
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Luqman Hamza at the Gem Theater

Luqman Hamza, back to the photographer, sits at a Yamaha piano and looks over his right shoulder to sing into the microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Ahmad Alaadeen at the Gem Theater

Ahmad Alaadeen, wearing a Kufi cap, speaks into a microphone attached to a podium during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.
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Geneva Price at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Geneva Price folds her hands in her lap as she sits sideways on a chair during the Living Blues weekend at the Mutual Musicians Foundation. She's wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
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Henry Hoard at Mutual Musicians Foundation

Henry Hoard sits at a table in the Mutual Musicians Foundation with a saxophone lying on the table. His right hand lies across the bell of the saxophone as his left hand rests on the table.
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