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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Blue 88 at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Blue 88 Band including Mark and Sue Corbett, smile directly at the photographer as they stand on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. The Corbetts hold a guitar each. A man holding a bass is behind them. Possibly Rocky Britain wearing sunglasses stands to their left and is sticking out his tongue.

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Myra Taylor, Lydia, Chad and Jasmin Kassem at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

Lydia Kassem stands behind as Chad Kassem kneels beside, holding Jasmin Kassem, Myra Taylor all dressed up and sitting in a wheelchair during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. All are smiling directly at the photographer.

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Line outside the Grand Emporium

Line of people waiting at night to enter one of the music venues in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium.

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Wild Women and Bill Maness at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

The Wild Women including Lori Tucker, Geneva Price, Millie Edwards, and Myra Taylor, sit on stage in chairs singing into microphones under posters of festival kings while Bill Maness plays a keyboard to their left during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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Roger Naber and Julia Naber celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Grand Emporium

Roger Naber, wearing a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar, cuts a 20th Anniversary cake with the outline of his face on it, while Julia Naber waits on the other side of the table with plates in her hands, during a Party at one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. The crowd is visible seated all around the couple.

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Lou Dare, Saint Charles, and Myra Taylor at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

Lou Dare and Saint Charles, dressed in medieval clothing, stand behind Myra Taylor, also wearing medieval clothing and a crown, in a wheelchair during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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Texas Johnny Brown at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Texas Johnny Brown, wearing an Irish cap backwards, looks over his left shoulder as he plays a guitar during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival. Another gentleman in a crown is visible speaking into a microphone behind Texas Johnny.

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Terry "Harmonica" Bean at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

Terry "Harmonica" Bean looks directly at the photographer as he sits on stage playing a guitar, wearing an Irish cap and harmonica holder during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2006

David "Honey Boy" Edwards, wearing a ball cap, sings into a microphone and plays a guitar as he sits on stage during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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Marquise Knox at the Kansas City Kansas Street Blues Festival 2008

Marquise Knox clutches a microphone with his hands as he holds it to his mouth during the Kansas City, Kansas Street Blues Festival.

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Herb Palmer and Roger Naber at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Grand Emporium

Herb Palmer shakes Roger Naber's hand during the 20th anniversary celebration of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. Roger wears a suit jacket with animal print cuffs and collar.

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Roger Naber receives the Lee Oskar Award at the 25th anniversary of the Grand Emporium

An unidentified woman presents a plaque of the Lee Oskar Award to Roger Naber during 25th anniversary of one of the juke joints in Kansas City called the Grand Emporium. An unidentified guitarist is visible behind the two.

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