John Thiell Kissing Dry Ground

Exterior view of Nighthawks member John Thiell bending down to kiss the dry ground. The Nighthawks were trying to get to Oklahoma City in June of 1923, but encountered flooding conditions. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "John Thiell devoutly kissing the pavement after battling mud and water for three days. The day preceding we traveled all day and when night came we had covered seven miles."

1923

Musicians
Coon-Sanders Band
Nighthawks
Thiell, John

This photograph appears on page 108 of Edmiston's book The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. It can be found in SC1, Box 6.1, Joe Sanders Scrapbook A, p. 1 (photocopies) with commentary by Sanders.

Photograph

Fred Edmiston Papers See finding aid: http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/u?/Local,37037

SC1-3, Box 1, Folder 22, #101

10017918

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