Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra

Title: Joe Sanders and Pop Estep
Description: View of Joe Sanders on the left standing next to Pop Estep, location not given. Sanders in his scrapbook labels this picture: "D'ya see that?"
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Band
Description: Exterior view of Coon-Sanders Band. Identified in Fred Edmiston's book The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks as left to right: Bill Haid, John Thiell, Joe Richolson, Joe Sanders, Carleton Coon, Orville Knapp, Harold Thiell, Nick Musolino, and Pop Estep at Niles. Michigan in 1925.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of the band lined up on a rock somewhere in Indiana. Identified left to right: Harold Thiell, Carleton Coon, Russ Stout, Frank Estep, Bob Pope, John Thiell, Joe Sanders, Rex Downing, Joe Richolson, Floyd Estep, and John Coon. Taken while on tour.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frank M. (Pop) Estep
Description: Portrait identified as Frank M. (Pop) Estep, bass player for the Nighthawks. According to Edmiston's book, p. 326-7 - Frank (Pop) Estep was born in Adrian, Missouri, in 1878. He played bass with the Nighthawks from late 1922 or early 1923 until late 1927 or early 1928. He eventually moved to California and died in 1949.
Date: 1927~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Carleton Coon and Other Members of the Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view, on a road in Oklahoma and identified from left to right as Carleton Coon, Carl Nordberg, Pop Estep, and Harry Williams. The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks on their way to Oklahoma City to perform. The group had just been through flood conditions on the way. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "Just out of Tulsa with the first firm ground which our feet had touched since Joplin."
Date: 1923-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Pop Estep
Description: Full body view of Harold Thiell on the left and Pop Estep on the right, both members of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. Location of photo not given, taken while on tour.According to Edmiston's book, p. 332 - Harold Thiell played reeds for the Nighthawks and probably was with the band longer than any of the others except for Coon and Sanders. He died in the late 1960s.
Date: 1926~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Identified by Fred Edmiston as a microphone picture. People are: top and clockwise - Russ Stout, Pop Estep, Joe Richolson, Bob Pope, Rex Downing, John Thiell, Harold Thiell, Floyd Estep and Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon in the center. Wording at bottom: "Music Corporation of America Presents Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks Orchestra."
Date: 1926~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Microphone picture which says "Music Corporation of America presents Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks Orchestra." Contains small photo starting at top and going clockwise of: Russ Stout, Pop Estep, Joe Richolson, Bob Pope, Rex Downing, John Thiell, Harold Thiell, Floyd Estep and Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon in the center.
Date: 1926~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and other Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of Joe Sanders on the left standing by fellow Nighthawk members Pop Estep, Bob Pope, and Harold Thiell, while on tour, location unidentified.
Date: 1926~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frank M. (Pop) and Lulu Estep Grave Marker
Description: Close-up view of the grave marker for Frank M. (Pop) Estep (1878-1949) and his wife Lulu M. Estep (1877-1967), located in Vista, California. (Pop) Estep was a member of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, playing bass.
Object Type: Photograph

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