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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

Title: The Dance Band Era--The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing: 1910-1950
Description: History of the Coon-Sanders Band, also known as the Kansas City Nighthawks, a Kansas City and Chicago-based band (led by Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon) of the late 1910s to the early 1930s, performing regularly on WDAF radio, with photo and map.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Book

Title: ''Rupe'': Wayne Ruppenthal
Description: Article describing the life and career of trumpeter Wayne Ruppenthal. Ruppenthal, a native of Russell, Kansas, began taking cornet lessons at age 13 from "Mr. Deines", a former member of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra.
Date: 1997-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra
Description: 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.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra
Description: 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.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
Description: Interior pose of Joe Sanders on the left and Carleton Coon on the right. Probably taken in Kansas City.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
Description: Interior pose of Joe Sanders on the left and Carleton Coon on the right. Probably taken in Kansas City.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

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