Scope and Contents 2 photos. 5 newspaper clippings. Photo 1. The corner of a building is visible with cars parked along the street on the left. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalk. A marquee for Penguin Room is visible advertising “Eddie Dix and His Band no cover or minimum”. Photo 2. A different angle of the marquee from photo 1, taken from a bit further down the street. Clipping 1. Small clipping of a paper pasted on card showing the date October 1, 1950. Clipping 2. Clipping is of a list of...

Scope and Contents 5 photos. Hotel Continental, Omar Cocktail Lounge & Bar, menu. Pla-Mor Ballroom, Dix table reservation. Photo 1. Ed Dix and another man stand next to a car by a field. The men wear long collared coats. Photo 2. A man not pictured in the previous photo stands next to a car by a field. He wears a collared coat similar to the ones worn by Ed Dix and the other man. Photo 3. A woman stands on a neighborhood sidewalk. She wears warm casual clothes and a hat and smiles at the camera with her...

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Bernie Wood’s letter of payment to Dix; written on Ralph Flanagan letterhead. Dated August 17, 1951.

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Plaza Magazine article on The Kansas City “Kicks” Band. Article includes a large picture of the band playing featuring men and one woman playing instruments in behind rows of music stands. An image of trumpeter Booker T. Washington, Baby Lovett and Carl “Bubbles” Smith is also included. The last picture features drummer and vocalist Harold Henley and trombonist Arch Martin playing at Pepe’s Lounge.

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2 newspaper clippings. First clipping covers the Kicks and is dated Monday, January 21, 1963. Second clipping covers the Kansas City Big Band Jazz Lab and is dated 1962.

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Ad for dancer Tempting Trudine from the Shreveport Spotlight. The Stork Supper Club ad featuring Eddie Dix and His Orchestra from the Shreveport Spotlight. Orchestra Management CO., list of attractions featuring Ralph Aldridge, Gene Canfield, Kenny White, Gene Moore, Warren Durrett, Eddie Dix, Bill Trumbauer, Rod Wilson and Eddie Collins. A note is written in blue pen at the top of the list that reads “Call Tuesday about 30th”.

Scope and Contents Gale Agency, INC, list of orchestras available for spring including Amory Brothers, Cat Anderson & His Orchestra, Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra, Deek Watson & Brown Dots, Thelma Carpenter, Sid Catlett & His Orchestra, Cavalcade of Jazz, Savannah Churchill, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra, Lil Green, Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra, Wilmuth Houdini & Calypso Carnival, Illinois Jaqcuet & Orchestra, Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra, Lucky...

Scope and Contents 6 photos. Photo 1. Ed Dix sits in the driver’s seat of a convertible looking left towards the camera. Photo 2. Three men in casual clothes smile playfully at the camera. The two men on the left wear glasses, the one on the right wears sunglasses. Photo 3. Ed and Mary Anne Dix stand in front of a badminton net. Ed is shirtless and wears sunglasses. Mary Anne wears shorts and a white blouse. Photo 4. Four people look at the camera. The three on the left of the image sit in what may be a car,...

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3 photos. Photo 1. A woman and two men sit on a bed making funny faces for the camera. They are wearing suits. Photo 2. The photo is blurry but four men in suits can be seen on the right hand side. The man on the front left of the page plays a piano while beside him Ed Dix plays saxophone. The two other men watch the musicians from behind. Photo 3. Two women look at jewelry in a store in this candid shot. Other shoppers can be seen behind them.

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3 photos. Photo 1. An image of the Palladium marquee advertising Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra. Photo 2. The Ralph Flanagan orchestra sits on stage in suits with various instruments behind music stands bearing the letters RF. To their side and in the foreground of the photo audience members can be seen. Photo 3. Ed Dix stands in front of a sign advertising Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra. He wears a suit.

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photo. On the right of the photo a group of musicians in suits plays on stage, with Ed Dix playing the saxophone on the left of the group. To Dix’s left a host in a suit watches them. In the background two men sit behind a piano, one of them wearing a sailor’s cap. Two microphones in front of the musicians bear the letters ABC.