Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra

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Title: Joe Sanders and Wife Madeline
Description: Outdoor view of Joe Sanders and his wife Madeline seated in a gondola outside of their accomodations at the Shelburne Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "Mr. & Mrs. Broom in their gondola in front of Shelburne dining salon."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jay Whidden
Description: Portrait of violinist and band leader Jay Whidden autographed to Joe Sanders.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders On Stage
Description: View of Joe Sanders and another performer at unidentified location.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vivian Duncan
Description: Small full body portrait identified as Vivian Duncan, Duncan Sisters, "Topsy and Eva" Company.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders Band
Description: Performance view of Joe Sanders Band. Attached in folder for Hotel El Rancho Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders At Piano
Description: Interior view of Joe Sanders seated at the piano with vocalist and other performer.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders Playing Billiards
Description: View of Joe Sanders playing billiards with a baton in his hand. View also includes an unidentified woman and a man thought to be Augie Kieckhefer, world champion billiards player.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Happy Harmonists
Description: Interior scene of six musicians identified on the drum as The Happy Harmonists, also known as Hitch's Happy Harmonists. Back of photo says "Hitch's Happy Harmonists". Believed to be Curt Hitch on knee.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders
Description: Close-up view of Joe Sanders and unidentified man.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nighthawk's Luggage
Description: View of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks luggage while on tour being loaded onto a truck at Raub, Indiana, to be hauded to Silver Lake, Indiana. Sanders in his scrapbook captions this photo: "Loading the baggage at Raub for the overland haul to Silver Lake, Indiana." Believed to be Joe Sanders in the foreground.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of members of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks taken at Niagara Falls, New York. Identified by Edmiston in his book as from left: Floyd Estep, Bob Pope, Rex Downing, Russ Stout, Bud Wilkinson (tour manager), Joe Sanders, Johnny Coon (Carleton Coon's son), Pop Estep, and Joe Richolson.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders Band
Description: View of brass section of Joe Sanders Band taken from an airplane playing the song "Gold Mine in the Sky" during a special CBS radio broadcast as a salute to the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition. Jane Kaye sang the lyrics while on the ground.
Date: 1939
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Xavier Cougat Band
Description: Autographed photograph with an unidentified stage view of the Xavier Cougat band and performers.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders at Camp Bowie, Texas
Description: Full body view of Joe Sanders in door way. Taken at Camp Bowie, Texas.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Freddy Martin
Description: Portrait of band leader Freddy Martin autographed to Joe Sanders.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irma Glen
Description: Autographed portrait of radio personality Irma Glen seated at an organ. Also includes a personal note by her written on the back in which she thanks Joe Sanders for her personal copy of Twinkle Toes and indicates that she will play it on her show on the Blue Network.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: June Meredith
Description: Autographed portrait of radio personality June Meredith.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ferde Grofe
Description: Autographed and signed half-body portrait of composer and arranger Ferde Grofe.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pat Flanagan
Description: Portrait of Pat Flanagan autographed to Joe Sanders. Below his signature is "WBBM."
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders
Description: Close up portrait of Joe Sanders.
Object Type: Photograph

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