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Chauncey Downs Orchestra at Fairyland Park

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Description
Chauncey Downs Orchestra performing at Fairyland Park on Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. The musicians are on stage in a band shell with a cloth background. The musicians are wearing black tuxedos and are playing piano, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones. The musicians on the right are standing or sitting behind shells with a 'V' painted on the front.
Note
No date; likely between 1995 and 2000. Color photograph of a black and white photo originally on the wall of the Mutual Musicians Foundation.
Date Issued
1995 to 2000
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : color print ; 11 x 16 cm
Genre
Color photographs
Snapshots
Member of
Betty Crow Collection
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Name)
Chauncey Downs Orchestra
Fairyland Park (Kansas City, Mo.)
Subject (Topical)
Jazz musicians
African American jazz musicians
Keyboard players
Double bassists
Drummers (Musicians)
Saxophonists
Trumpet players
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0243
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
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