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Title
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Carleton Coon
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Description
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Interior view of Carleton Coon seated with his drum/percussion set. Sign says The Original Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra. Exact location not given.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sheet Music Cover
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Description
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The sheet music cover for the Joe Sanders composition Nighthawk Blues which was the early theme song for the Nighthawks group. Photographs on the bottom includes the band and individual portraits of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon as well as Leo Fitzpatrick who was the radio announcer for WDAF's Nighthawk Frolics.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Dells Nightclub
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Description
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Exterior view of the building and entrance to The Dells, a nightclub located in Morton Grove, Illinois. Joe Sanders' Auburn car is parked under the canopy. The band played here several summers in the late 1920s.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra
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Description
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Group pose identified on the drum as Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, Gayety Theatre Bldg., Kansas City Missouri. Includes Joe Sanders at the piano and Carleton Coon by smaller drum. Other members not identified. Believed to be early group, although probably not the first.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra
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Description
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Early, interior view of Coon-Sanders group. Information on drum in picture reads: "Sure Its' Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, Gayety Theatre Bldg., Harrison 859, Kansas City, Mo." It is noted on back that this particular photograph was courtesy of Harvey Rettberg, Pickens, S.C.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
