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Title: A KC Landmark Goes Overlooked
Description: Article marking the 100th year of the Hotel Muehlebach at 12th and Baltimore. First opened in May 1915 on the former site of the old First Baptist Church, the 500-room, 12-story, $2 million hotel quickly became a social epicenter for locals and visitors alike, and remained so through the mid-20th century. The hotel's elegant decor, various restaurants, musical entertainment, and high service standards attracted famous names such as Helen Keller, Bob Hope, The Beatles, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harry Truman. The guest rooms are no longer in use, but the hotel's public spaces are frequently booked for events, and most of the areas have been preserved as they originally appeared.
Date: 2015-04-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Group Portrait
Description: Joe Sanders with group of musicians which may be part of the Coon-Sanders Band shortly after the death of Carleton Coon. Identified on back as 1932 Nighthawk Band.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Thiell Kissing Dry Ground
Description: 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."
Date: 1923
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view with members of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks in view waiting for the train at the railroad station in Iowa City, Iowa. Sanders in his scrapbook describes, "Promenading on the board-walk, Iowa City."
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The World Theater
Description: Street level view of The World theater located in Omaha, Nebraska. The marquee on the theater shows the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks name.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Richolson in Mattoon, Illinois
Description: Exterior view of band member Joe Richolson waiting for a train in Mattoon, Illinois. According to Edmiston's book, p. 330 - Richolson played trumpet for Coon-Sanders as early as November of 1923. He later moved to California.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nighthawk's Luggage
Description: Exterior view of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks luggage on two carts at the train station in Niles, Michigan. Sanders in his scrapbook captions this photo: "A splendid view of one of our tour managers many worries, Niles, Michigan."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

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 Nighthawks Tour Incident
Description: View of tornado debris blocking the Nighthawks' train near Cornland and Buffalo Hart, on way into Springfield, Illinois.
Date: 1927-04-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: View of some of the members of the Nighthawks waiting for their train at the Dubuque, Iowa, train station while on tour. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "Dubuque, Iowa. A very busy body of young men - working very hard at doing nothing."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders In Cincinnati, Ohio
Description: Exterior view of Joe Sanders standing by his Hertz rental car in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to Edmiston's book, the band spent almost all of May 1927 there. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo, "Thanks to Mr. Hertz, I saw Cincinnati by motor."
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Russ Stout
Description: Full body view of Clarence Russell (Russ) Stout, member of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. Location of photograph not given, but was probably taken while on tour. According to Edmiston's book, p. 331 - Stout "was born in Fremont, Ohio, and later lived in Fond du Lac, Wisc. He was the last, and best known, banjoist-guitarist with Coon-Sanders." He eventually moved to Florida and died July 21, 1968, after being injured by his lawn mower.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Members of the Nighthawks standing on the corner awaiting transportation in Iowa City, Iowa. Edmiston identifies them from left to right: Richolson, Hank Linder (tour manager), Estep, J. Thiell, Musolino, others unidentified.
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders
Description: View of Joe Sanders wearing a damaged straw hat while on tour. Sanders in his scrapbook captions this photo: "Conclusive evidence that summer was waning. Evidently 'had my mittens on.' Union town, Pa."
Date: 1925-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floyd Eugene Estep
Description: Portrait identified as Floyd Eugene Estep, son of Frank (Pop) Estep, who joined the group on reeds in late summer 1925. According to Edmiston's book, p. 326 - Floyd Estep was born January 17, 1900, and died January 21, 1998, at the age of 98. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, and did music arranging and instrumental work in the motion picture industry.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nick Musolino
Description: Full body view of Nighthawks band member Nick Musolino. Taken at a unidentified train station, while the group was on tour in late summer 1925. Edmiston indicates in his book that this photograph was taken shortly before Musolino left the band. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "Nick Mussolino being very much himself." According to Edmiston's book, p. 329 - Musolino was a native of Quincy, Illinois. He left the Nighthawks in the summer of 1925, playing with other groups. He eventually left the music field and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 5, 1996, at the age of 97.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders in Mattoon, Illinois
Description: View of Joe Sanders holding his slipper in his hand with Harold Thiell and Joe Richolson looking on. The location is Mattoon, Illinois. Sanders in his scrapbook describes as: "The carpet slipper tells the tale of a forgetful young man, who packed all his shoes and was forced to travel all day in slippers. Mattoon, Ill."
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

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