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El Patio Dancing Hall
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Description
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Exterior, front view of the El Patio Dancing hall located at Lakeside Park, Denver, Colorado. Sanders captioned photo as found in SC1, Scrapbook A, p. 67: "Where we smashed all records, giving Isham Jones the beating of his young life." According to Edmiston's book, the band played here July 18-31, 1931.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Joe Sanders and Musicians
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Description
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Joe Sanders standing by the following seated musicians from left to right: Harry Shapiro, Bill McDowell, Harold Thiel, and Dale Stoddard. Photo is dated Oct. 30, 1935. Location is unknown.
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Date
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1935-10-30
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Joe Sanders
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Professional publicity portrait of Joe Sanders with cigarette in hand.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Joe Sanders and Johnny Coon
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Description
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View of Joe Sanders with his camera and Johnny Coon, son of Carleton Coon. Taken at Niagara Falls. Sanders captions photograph in his scrapbook: "Coonie snapped John, while I was preparing to 'snap' back at him, Niagara Falls, N.Y."
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks
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Description
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Interior view identified as "Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks. America's Premier Radio Orchestra." Identified on the back by Fred Edmiston as: Backrow, left to right: Carleton Coon, Joe Sanders, and Pop Estep. Front row, from left: John Thiell, Floyd Estep, Harold Thiell, Bill Haid, Joe Richolson and Rex Downing.
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Joe Sanders and Pop Estep
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Description
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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?"
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Carleton Coon's Car
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Exterior view of car identified as Carleton Coon's Hudson. The man standing by the car may be Joe Sanders. Captioned in Sanders scrapbook as: "Enroute to Chicago in Coonie's Hudson, Apr. 30, '26."
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joe Sanders In Cincinnati, Ohio
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders in Cairo, Illinois
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Description
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Exterior view of Carleton Coon seated in cart and Joe Sanders standing next to the donkey's head. Edmiston identifies photograph as taken in Cairo, Illinois. Sanders captions the photo in his scrapbook: "This photo was syndicated by United States newspapers." Taken while band was on tour.
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Date
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1924-09-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Joe Sanders and Wife Madeline
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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."
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nighthawk's Luggage
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joe Sanders Band
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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.
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Date
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1939
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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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View is of sheet music entitled "Am I Dreaming?", words and music by Joe Davis, Bobby Gregory and Charles Dornberger. It contains on the cover a composite of various band/orchestra leaders of the day. These include starting on top left: Ralph Kirbery, Tempo King, Wayne King, Hal Kemp, Guy Lombardo, Little Jack Little, Eddie Lane. 2nd row: Clyde Lucas, Ted Lewis, Ann Leaf, Vincent Lopez, Abe Lyman, Jimmie Lunceford, Arthur Lang. 3rd row: Terri La Franconi, Barry McKinley, Johnny Messner, Freddy Martin, Russ Morgan, Jean Meakin, Rose Marie. 4th row: Edward Matthews, Waldo Mayo, Ozzie Nelson, Will Osborne, George Olsen, Louis Panico, Carl Ravell. 5th row: Freddie Rich, Sammy Robbins, Dave Rubinoff, Dick Stabile, Jerry Sears, Ted Straeter, Shirley Lloyd. 6th row: Joe Sanders, Lee Sullivan, Bert Shefter, Frances Saunders, Anthony Trini, Maxine Tappan, Rudy Vallee. 7th row: Peter Van Steeden, Paul Whiteman, Chick Webb, Ted Weems, Anson Weeks, Fats Waller, Joan Whitney.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Joe Sanders and Others
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Description
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View of a group of people standing by an airplane. Included is Joe Sanders on the far left of the photo. The caption reads: "Texas City Benefit cast. We did two shows, one at Pt. Arthur & one at Austin." Also at the top of the photo: "Texas City Disaster Benefit cast, Pt. Arthur, Tex." The sign on the airplane reads: "Naval Air Transport Service." Others identified on the picture include from left to right: Pt. Arthur Mayor standing next to Joe Sanders, Harry Bobbitt standing next to Mayor, clearance officer in uniform, Mickey Rooney, Ann Blyth, Celeste Holm, Kay Kyser, Sunny Tufts, Marion Morgan, Jane Russell, Victor Borge, and Jerry Wald.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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Members of the Nighthawks standing at the train depot in Mattoon, Illinois. Identified by Edmiston in his book as from left: Knapp, J. Thiell, Musolino, Birge (partly hidden), Richolson, H. Thiell, Coon, and Estep. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo, "The gang at Mattoon, Ill."
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Date
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1924-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Joe Sanders Orchestra
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Description
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Interior, performance view identified as part of the Joe Sanders Orchestra. Identified on the back of the photo as: Front - Dale Stoddard, Harold Thiell, Bill McDowell, Hubert Finlay; Rear - Jack Cathcart, George Wendt, Jack Gillespie, Rex Downing and Gary Nottingham. Location not given.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders
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Description
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Exterior view of Carleton Coon on the left and Joe Sanders on the right. Taken at the Evanston Hotel, Evanston, Illinois, where some of the band stayed while playing at the Lincoln Tavern. Sanders captions the photo in his scrapbook: "Coonie & I in front of Evanston Hotel just before a game of golf at Skokie."
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Date
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1924
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Object Type
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Photograph
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