1. Billy Talor with Tuff Green's Rocketeers Creator: Hooks Brothers. Date: 1993 Format: Still image Access: Public
2. Rock's Trio of Tuff Green's Rocketeers Creator: Hooks Brothers. Date: 1993 Format: Still image Access: Public
3. Blue Magic : musical group : autographed photograph for Jerry Spell Creator: Mirage. Date: 1984 Format: Still image Access: Public
4. Charlie Persip playing a drum set in front of a stack of amplifiers Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1982 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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6. Hamiet Bluiett with saxophone Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1977 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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10. Lester Bowie with trumpet with the Art Ensemble of Chicago Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1975 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
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12. Ornette Coleman with violin Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1975 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
13. Portia Marshall Washington Pittman, daughter of Booker T. Washington, sitting by a bouquet of flowers Date: February 1975 Format: Still image Access: Public
14. Jack DeJohnette plays electric piano during a seminar Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1974 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
15. Frank Clayton playing double bass with Karl Berger Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1973 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
16. Grears Mid-Nite Ramblers in Oasis Ballroom, Michigan City, Indiana Date: July 1972 Format: Still image Access: Public
17. Jimmy Heath and band performing, Oct. 29 1972 Date: October 29, 1972 Format: Still image Access: Public
18. Art Farmer playing a trumpet Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1971 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
19. Red Garland with sunglasses on Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1971 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
20. Victoria Spivey wearing a sweater seated at a piano with a microphone next to her and a guitar laying on top of the piano Creator: Sh. Date: April 9, 1971 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
21. Jack De Johnette drums on stage for Miles Davis at Rutgers Jazz Festival, 1969 Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1969 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
23. An African American man wearing a suit coat playing the guitar Creator: LaVere, Steve. Date: 1968 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
24. James Moody with saxophone Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1968 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
25. Otis Spann during recording session Creator: Bruce. Date: October 1968 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
26. Paul Chambers with double bass Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: June 5, 1966 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
27. Ray Charles, wearing sunglasses and singing into a microphone Creator: Ray, Bill. Date: May 7, 1966 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
28. Drummer Rashied Ali plays tenor sax in the study of Archie Shepp Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1965 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
29. Portrait of Marion Brown Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1965 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
30. Sunny Murray laughing Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1965 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
31. Lonnie Johnson playing guitar at Gerde's Folk City (New York, N.Y.) Date: March 5, 1964 Format: Still image Access: Public
32. Portrait of Skip James, wearing a hat while holding a napkin in his hand Creator: Marshall, Jim, 1936-2010. Date: 1964 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
33. Album cover photo of Brooks Berry & Scrapper Blackwell Creator: Rosenbaum, Art. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
34. Big Joe William : American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
35. Guitar Pete Franklin : African American blues musician Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
36. Lonnie Johnson : American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
37. Lonnie Johnson : American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
38. Victoria Spivey in a dress, Lonnie Johnson in a suit, and Muddy Waters in the background at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
39. Willie Dixon : American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
40. Willie Dixon in a suit standing playing the double bass and Victoria Spivey in a dress performing at the American Folk Blues Festival, 1963 Creator: Wolf, Heinz. Date: 1963 Format: Still image Access: Public
41. African American musicians holding musical instruments next to circus tents Date: October 1962 Format: Still image Access: Public
42. Jimmy Reed with guitar on stage with masked sitting people Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1961 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
44. African American blues musicians, clockwise from upper left: Fred McDowell, Yank Rachell, Bukka White, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis, and Nathan Beauregard Date: 1960s Format: Still image Access: Public
45. Earl T. Roach, New Orleans and Broadway star Date: June 10, 1960 Format: Still image Access: Public
47. Portrait of Lightnin' Hopkins, singing and playing a guitar Creator: LaVere, Stephen C. Date: 1960 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
48. Randy Weston with sunglasses and sheet music Creator: Ross, Raymond. Date: 1960 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
49. Advertising : Gene Smith's Fore-Notes Creator: National Press, Inc. (North Chicago, Ill.) Date: May 14, 1959 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
50. African American man playing guitar, with other men singing into microphones Date: September 1958 Format: Still image Access: Public
51. Big Bill Broonzy singing while playing a guitar Creator: Gahr, David. Date: 1958 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
53. Portrait of Little Junior Parker Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1958 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
54. Portrait of Little Richard. Creator: Moss Photo Service, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Date: December 10, 1957 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
55. Big Maybelle on stage behind a microphone with Johnny Otis Orchestra Date: February 24, 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
56. John Coltrane playing saxophone with Miles Davis and band in Germany in 1956 Date: 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
57. Johnnie Guitar Watson with Johnny Otis Band performing in Los Angeles, Feb. 24, 1956 Date: February 24, 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
58. Miles Davis playing trumpet with John Coltrane and band in Germany, 1956 Date: 1956 Format: Still image Access: Public
61. Mugshot of Bukka White at the Shelby County Penal Farm Creator: LaVere, Stephen C. Date: 1952 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
62. Lionel Hampton and orchestra : Groove for G.I.'s in Philadelphia, Pa. Date: May 26, 1951 Format: Still image Access: Public
63. African American singers and musicians performing at concert in Saint Augustine (Fla.) Date: 1950 Format: Still image Access: Public
64. B.B. King with Billy Harvey's band at Club Handy Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
65. Beale Streeters : Earl Forest, Billy Duncan, Bobby Bland and Johnny Ace at WDIA Studios, Memphis, early 1950's Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
67. Ike Turner and his band [Kings of Rhythm] : Memphis (Tenn.) Creator: George Burns Studio Date: 1950 approx. Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
69. Roscoe Gordon with rooster on shoulder grabbing record from Sam Phillips Creator: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007. Date: 1950s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
70. Johnnie Hughes Combo : Philadelphia Pa. Creator: Photo Art Studios. Date: October 29, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
71. Portrait of Brother Bones, holding bones between his fingers Date: April 6, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
72. Ruth Brown, and her band performing on stage at Powello's Cafe Date: October 16, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
73. Swan Silas Bass Singers in Knoxville, Tenn, 22 May 1949 Date: May 22, 1949 Format: Still image Access: Public
74. An advertisement for Don Taylor and orchestra playing at leading hotels and clubs Date: March 13, 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
75. The Cabin Boys : three African American men playing various stringed instruments in front of a microphone Date: February 20, 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
76. Jimmy Walker [Homesick James] and B. Watson : musicians, Chicago, 1948 Date: 1948 Format: Still image Access: Public
77. Portrait of Roy Brown, African American musician Creator: Kriegsmann, James J. Date: December 1, 1948 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
79. Billie Holiday wearing a dress and necklace seated next to Louis Armstrong wearing a suit standing and playing a trumpet Date: 1947 Format: Still image Access: Public
80. Signed picture of T-Bone Walker to Lucius Long Creator: Adair. Date: April 15, 1946 Format: Still image Access: Public
83. Man playing a vibraphone, with other men holding different instruments watching him Creator: Mosely , John W. Date: October 20, 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
84. J.D. King and Jimmy Forester playing saxophone with the Andy Kirk Orchestra Date: between 1944 and 1945 Format: Still image Access: Public
85. Signed picture of Sammy Price Creator: Progress. Date: January 13, 1943 Format: Still image Access: Public
86. Earl Hines and Billie Eckstine playing and singing in a band on stage Creator: Rossner, Harry. Date: May 31, 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
87. Kenny Sticks McVey and his orchestra on stage in Casa Manana, Texas Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Public
88. Lead Belly, shown from the back, playing for an audience Creator: Knopf, Hans. Date: 1941 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
89. An advertisement for C.G. Conn Ltd., with Johnny Hodges playing the saxophone Date: March 19, 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
90. An advertisement for Conn tenor sax, with Leon (Choo) Berry holding a saxophone Date: March 19, 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
92. Jimmie Lunceford and band, singing into a microphone Date: June 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
93. Josh White, Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie performing at Cafe_ Society in New York City Creator: Delta Haze Coporation. Date: 1940s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
94. King Biscuit Time : KFFA, Helena, Arkansas, early 1940's, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sam Anderson & Robert Jr. Lockwood Creator: Gladin, Ivey. Date: 1940s Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
95. Little Bill Gaither, Memphis Slim and Big Bill Broonzy in photography studio, Chicago (Ill.) Creator: Studio Portrait Date: February 1940 approx. Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
96. Louis Barre Band, including Lester Young on tenor saxophone, recording in the Columbia Records Studio Date: 1940 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
97. Picture of Billie Holiday in a dress with Jimmy Powell holding an alto saxophone, Roy Eldridge playing a trumpet, Sonny White playing the piano and John Williams with all the men wearing suits and three of them wearing hats Date: 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
98. Picture of Billie Holiday wearing a dress seated on a chair with Sonny White, Lawrence Lucie, John Williams, Kermit Scott, Jimmy Powell, Harold Doc West dressed in suits and hats standing around her Date: 1940 Format: Still image Access: Log In Required
99. Vocalion recording session with Roy Eldridge on trumpet, Billie Holliday singing, Jimmy Powell and Carl Frye on alto sax, Kermit Scott on tenor sax, Sonny White on piano, Lawrence Lucie on guitar, John Williams on bass and Doc West on drums Date: February 29, 1940 Format: Still image Access: Public
100. Ivan Browning and Henry Starr in songs & rhythm Date: April 20, 1939 Format: Still image Access: Public