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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Nortons and Danielle Schnebelen at the Grand Emporium

The Nortons and Danielle Schnebelen (Danielle Nicole) stand outside the Grand Emporium during the Blues Challenge.
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Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns at the Grand Emporium

Ron Teamer & Smokin' Guns stand outside of the Grand Emporium during the Blues Challenge 2003.
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Jessie Mae Hemphill at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

Jessie Mae Hemphill, wearing an elaborate cutwork jacket and a bejeweled cap, smiles over her left shoulder at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blue Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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Lester "Duck" Warner at Rhythm and Ribs

Lester "Duck" Warner, from the right, wearing a straw flat cap, blows into a valve trombone during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Keb Mo at Rhythm & Ribs

Keb Mo, wearing a fedora, scrunches his face as he sings into a microphone and plays a guitar during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Karrin Allyson at Rhythm & Ribs

Karrin Allyson sings into a microphone held with her left hand during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Lloyd Spiegel at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

Lloyd Spiegel, leaning against a wooden fence along with a guitar case with many bumper stickers on it, legs crossed at the ankle, head tilted down, looks up as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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Blind Boys of Alabama at Rhythm & Ribs

Blind Boys of Alabama, which includes Clarence Fountain and Jimmy Lee Carter, wearing sunglasses and matching suits, walk across stage with a hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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John Mooney at Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase

John Mooney closes his eyes as he strums a guitar at B. B.'s Lawnside Bar-B-Q during the Kansas City Blues Society 3rd Annual Acoustic Showcase.
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Koko Taylor at Rhythm & Ribs

Koko Taylor, from her right side, scrunches her face as she sings into a microphone she holds in her right hand during Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Ida McBeth at Rhythm & Ribs

Ida McBeth smiles as she holds a microphone to her mouth at Rhythm and Ribs 18th & Vine Jazz Fest. She is seated and wearing a floral dress.
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David Basse at Rhythm & Ribs

David Basse, wearing a fedora and sunglasses, sits at a drum set as he plays during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Chris Murrell at Rhythm & Ribs

Chris Murrell, from the right, sings into a microphone during the Rhythm & Ribs Jazz Festival at 18th & Vine.
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Cotton Candy at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Cotton Candy, wearing a dramatic hat and looking directly at the photographer, sings into a microphone during the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival.
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Lawrence Wright receives the lifetime achievement award at Kansas City Blues & Jazz Fest

Lawrence Wright stands behind a keyboard, looking straight at the photographer, and lays his left hand over his heart as he holds a plaque high with his right hand at the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. The plaque reads in part: Kansas City Blues Society in recognition of forty years . . . present to Lawrence Wright the lifetime achievement award.
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