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Photograph of Julia Lee

Head and shoulders view of Julia Lee, Blues Entertainer
Music, Arts and Culture, Incomplete, Blues, Julia Lee 1902-1958

Photograph of the City Light Orchestra

Full length view of members of the City Light Orchestra with Ahmad Alaadeen on sax
Music, Jazz, Arts and Culture, City Light Orchestra, Ahmad Alaadeen 1934-

Photograph of Rochester, Lena Horne, Max Baer, and Lionel Hampton

Half length view Rochester, Lena Horne, Max Baer, and Lionel Hampton
Music, Jazz, Arts and Culture, Sports, Lionel Hampton, Actors, Boxing, Incomplete, Rochester, Lena Horne 1917-, Max Baer 1909-1959

Photograph of two unidentified people and Etta Moten on right

Full length view of two unidentified people and Etta Moten on right, original "Bess" in "Porgy and Bess"
Music, Arts and Culture, Unidentified, Incomplete, Etta Moten 1901-2004, Porgy and Bess

Photograph of Ada Brown

Full length view of Ada Brown, Blues Singer
Music, Arts and Culture, Incomplete, Blues, Ada Brown 1890-1950

Photograph of Joe Turner singing

Half length view of Joe Turner seated with Sonny Kenner in background
Music, Jazz, Arts and Culture, Joe Turner 1911-1985, Sonny Kenner 1933-2001

Photograph of Count Basie

Half length view of Count Basie
Music, Jazz, Arts and Culture, Count Basie 1904-1984

Photograph of William "Count" Basie

Half length view of William "Count" Basie with caption typed above: "Three years ago, William Basie was organist at a small Kansas City, Mo., theater, after a conservatory training at t
Music, Jazz, Arts and Culture, Count Basie 1904-1984

Photograph of an unidentified actress reading a script for a radio performance

Arts and Culture, Women, Actors, Elijah Washington Collection, Unidentified, Incomplete, Radio

Photograph of Leona Wodington in front of a circus truck

Arts and Culture, Women, Incomplete, Leona Wodington
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The Black Archives of Mid-America, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a center for learning and research into the African American experience in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and the Midwest at large.

We house a large collection of manuscripts and artifacts including photographs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and rare booksthat are available for research and study.

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