Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Description

This collection features numerous publicity and promotional shots issued by Capitol Records, and is especially valuable for the research of the early history of the record industry during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as the development of jazz and popular music.

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LaBudde Special Collections

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Dave Dexter

Headshot of Dave Dexter looking forward. Dexter is wearing a dark jacket and striped tie.

Type: Image

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Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Mike Garson

Publicity photo of Mike Garson leaning forward and writing music at the piano. Garson is surrounded by plants out of focus in the picture.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0748.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Joao Gilberto

Joao Gilberto playing guitar in front of microphones on stage. Gilberto is looking forward and is mostly hidden by dark lighting.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0758.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Dizzy Gillespie

Publicity photo of Dizzy Gillespie looking down and playing trumpet with his cheeks puffed out. Gillespie is wearing a checkered shirt.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0759.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Dizzy Gillespie playing trumpet

Publicity photo of Dizzy Gillespie looking down and playing trumpet with cheeks puffed out. Gillespie is wearing a light suit and open collared shirt.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0762.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Capitol Records staff including Glenn Wallichs and Dave Dexter

Glenn Wallichs stands far left and Dave Dexter stands far right in a group photo of Capitol Records staff. All are facing forward in two rows and smiling.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0524.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Dave Dexter and an unidentified woman from the United Press

Dave Dexter and an unidentified white woman from the United Press at a dining table with drinking glasses. Both are smiling and looking forward. A crowd of people sit in the background.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0530.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Dave Dexter with three unidentified people

Dave Dexter standing with an unidentified man wearing a suit and two unidentified women. All three are looking at Dexter.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0532.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Fantastic Four

Publicity photo of Fantastic Four featuring "Sweet" James Epps, Ralph and Joseph Pruitt, and Wallace Childs standing at an angle, holding hands out forward and looking to the side. All are wearing white tuxedos with ruffled shirts.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0673.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Mark Farner

Angled publicity photo from below of Mark Farner playing guitar, wearing no shirt.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0676.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Jose Feliciano

Jose Feliciano looking down and playing guitar. Feliciano is wearing an open collared shirt and dark jacket.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0684.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Ella Fitzgerald smiling

Ella Fitzgerald facing forward and smiling, wearing a black dress and a pearl necklace.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0693.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Billy Eckstine

Headshot of Billy Eckstine leaning forward and smiling. Eckstine is wearing a suit and patterned tie.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0617.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Duke Ellington playing outdoors

A side photograph of Duke Ellington playing piano in front of crowd outdoors.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0642.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021

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Duke Ellington wearing floral shirt

Duke Ellington photographed from the side wearing a floral shirt and looking up.

Type: Image

File: umkc_lsc_dexter_photo-0645.png

Collection Identifier: MS-0021