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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Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, Linda Shell and others at the Mutual Musicians Foundation

Blues and jazz musicians Sonny Kenner, Luqman Hamza, Richard Townsend, Rusty Tucker, Everette DeVan, Roy Searcy, King Alex, Lawrence Wright, and Linda Shell gather together at noon on the steps of the Mutual Musicians Foundation.

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Arthur Jackson, Perry Reed, and Dawayne Gilley at the Living Blues Party

Arthur Jackson stands holding a cane to one side of an exhibit piece and Perry Reed stands and holds a cane and Dawayne Gilley stands on stage on the other side of the exhibit piece at the Living Blues Weekend Photo Shoot in the Mutual Musicians Foundation building. The exhibit piece is a large photograph of musicians sitting and standing outside of the Mutual Musicians Foundation building. There are sheets of paper with signatures on them of the people who are in the photograph. These pieces of paper surround the photograph and the entire collection is framed.

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Dawayne Gilley and Ramonda Doakes at the Living Blues Party

Dawayne Gilley, standing in a tuxedo, looks to his left at Ramonda Doakes who is looking up to her right and smiling at Dawayne on stage at the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. Ramonda is wearing a full-length duster jacket that is of contemporary design.

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Marva Whitney points

Marva Whitney's look has a warning in her eyes as she points her right index finger toward the photographer and leans her head on her left hand at Mutual Musicians Foundation.

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James Gilbert at the Gem Theater

James Gilbert, in an open-collared shirt, rolls his lips and looks down to his left at the neck of the bass as he plucks the string with his right hand during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Mary Moore at the Gem Theater

Mary Moore looks up with her eyes closed as she sings into a microphone held high, fingers splayed during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing right of the photographer.

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Little Hatch plays the harmonica at the Gem Theater

Provine "Little" Hatch, wearing a brocade tuxedo, blows into a harmonica attached to a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. He's looking to the photographer's right.

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Sonny Kenner at the Gem Theater

Sonny Kenner, looks down at the neck of the guitar he's playing during the Living Blues Party Gem, Theater. The guitar is scratched and worn. Sonny wears a suit with an open-collar shirt.

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KC Kelsey Hill at the Gem Theater

KC Kelsey Hill gapes at the audience over his left shoulder as he plays a guitar in a wide-brimmed hat during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Linda Shell at the Gem Theater

Linda Shell wears a tiara as she sings into a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. She is facing to the photographer's right.

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Eugene Smiley at the Gem Theater

Eugene Smiley stands and looks over his right shoulder as he plays the guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Richard Townsend at the Gem Theater

Richard Townsend, standing, wearing a double-breasted suit and holding a microphone near the right side of his head, looks down during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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KoolAide at the Gem Theater

KoolAide wearing a cape, leather jacket, and sweater while playing the electric guitar during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Roy Searcy at the Gem Theater

Roy Searcy, right side to the camera, wearing a fedora and a pinstripe suit, is smiling to his right towards a microphone as he plays a piano during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater.

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Bill Carter at the Gem Theater

Bill Carter, wearing a fedora and a light-colored tux with dark lapels and sides stripes, faces forward with his eyes shifted to the right, as he plays his guitar behind a microphone during the Living Blues Party at the Gem Theater. A saxophonist is visible behind him.

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