Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman holding trophies and talking while at the 1939 DownBeat awards event, Waldorf-Astoria. Dexter is wearing a suit and holding one trophy which appears to be a Swing Band award for the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Goodman is wearing a tuxedo, smiling, and holding two trophies. An unidentified man stands in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0826.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman laughing and talking. Dexter is looking down and to the side. Goodman is looking at Dexter while holding a clarinet in his hands.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0827.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo of Dave Dexter wearing tweed jacket, holding a cigarette, and sitting by a typewriter with one hand on the keys.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0828.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Headshot of John Hammond looking forward and smiling. Hammond is wearing a dark suit and tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0874.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
John Hammond seated at a desk and leaning forward while smiling. Hammond is wearing a dark suit and striped tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0875.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo of Lionel Hampton looking down while playing vibraphone.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0876.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo of Lionel Hampton and his orchestra featuring Hampton looking down and smiling while playing a drum.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0877.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo John Hammond turned to the side, holding a phone receiver to his ear, and looking forward and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0878.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Lionel Hampton looking down and smiling while playing vibraphone. Hampton is wearing a dark suit and striped tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0879.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo for Lionel Hampton looking forward, holding mallets in one hand, and smiling. Hampton is wearing a white suit.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0880.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Publicity photo of Lionel Hampton looking down and playing vibraphone with his mouth open. Hampton is wearing a dark suit and tie.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0881.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Lionel Hampton looking to the side and smiling. Hampton is wearing a tuxedo with a floral pattern.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0882.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson. Cagney and Miss Rogers were popular cinema stars of the 1940-50 period (from photo caption).
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0883.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Unidentified man and Lionel Hampton playing a vibraphone. Hampton is looking down and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0884.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
Lionel Hampton speaking with Dave Dexter in a restaurant. Hampton is wearing a pinstripe suit and patterned tie, looking directly at Dexter. Dexter is looking to the side with his hand in the air.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0885.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0021
