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Title: Eula Coon Stookey and Others
Description: Written on envelope that contained the negative: "Eula Coon Stookey (Coonie's widow), Hilda Rettberg, Franklin Stookey, Columbia, Mo., July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Eula Coon Stookey and Others
Description: Written on envelope that contained the negative: "Eula Coon Stookey (Coonie's widow), Hilda Rettberg, Franklin Stookey, Columbia, Mo., July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon
Description: Portrait of Carleton Coon.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Joe Sanders at the piano, Carleton Coon by drums, and the rest of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks. Location not identified.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon
Description: Exterior view of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon beside automobile in Omaha, Nebraska. Sanders captions photo in his scrapbook as, "Fresh air taxicab Co., Omaha."
Date: 1927-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon at Union Station
Description: Exterior view of Joe Sanders with fur coat, bowler hat and spats standing beside Carleton Coon. Both are by a car parked at Union Station. Band was welcomed back in Kansas City on December 9, 1927. According to Edmiston's book, they were waiting for a parade to start.
Date: 1927-12-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon
Description: View of Carleton Coon wearing a damaged straw hat while on tour. Sanders in his scrapbook captions this photo: "You'd never [know] the old boy now. Coonie being himself at Uniontown, Pa."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Identified in Edmiston's book as "Framed Nighthawk display for an engagement about late 1925." Identification clockwise from top-right: Sanders, H. Thiell, F. Estep, J. Thiell, Haid, Downing, Pope, Richolson, Pop Estep, and Coon.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Interior view, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, location not given. Identified on back by Fred Edmiston as: From left: Elmer Krebs, bass; Joe Sanders, piano; Carleton Coon, drums; Russ Stout, banjo; Joe Richolson, trumpet; Harold Thiell, reeds; Bob Pope, trumpet; Floyd Estep, reeds; Rex Downing, trombone; John Thiell, reeds.
Date: 1929~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John A. Coon
Description: Exterior view of Johnny Coon, son of Carleton Coon, standing by three unidentified women seated on a railing. Location not given, but may be the Steel Pier at Atlantic City, New Jersey. The women may be the Owens Sisters.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Interior view of the group with a NBC microphone standing near them. Identified in Edmiston's book as Top row (from left): Pope and Richolson; middle row (from left): Krebs, Downing, H. Thiell, and Stout; front row (from left): Sanders, Coon, Estep, and J. Thiell.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John A. Coon
Description: View of Johnny Coon lined up with what appears to be members of his Carleton Coon, Jr. orchestra, as noted on the marquee behind them. The group is standing in front of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The women in the picture may be the Owens Sisters.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon and Eula Coon
Description: Full body view of Carleton Coon and his wife Eula. Location not given.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Interior view of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks musical group with insert portraits of Carleton Coon on the left and Joe Sanders on the right. Location not given, perhaps Chicago. Identified by Fred Edmiston in his book as: standing - Coon on left and Sanders on right; seated - Musolino, Estep, Richolson, Haid, J. Thiell, Knapp, and H. Thiell. Photograph acquired by Edmiston from Harvey Rettberg.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks
Description: Composite photograph identified as the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks. A portrait of Carleton Coon is on the top left and one of Joe Sanders is on the top right. Written on the back side of the photo, "band that played the Blackhawk Restaurant, Chicago, Ill. and broadcast each nite on WGN." Edmiston note indicates that exception would be Bill Haid, center left, who left the band before the Nighthawk days. Other members not identified on the photograph. A "MCA Attraction" sticker is attached to the bottom right hand corner.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra
Description: Interior view of the original Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra seated and posed with their instruments. Identified in Edmiston's book as left to right: Nick Musolino, Pop Estep, Joe Richolson, Joe Sanders, Carleton Coon, Bill Haid, John Thiell, Orville Knapp, and Harold Thiell.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon
Description: Portrait of Carleton Coon, autographed to Joe Sanders.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon
Description: Interior view of Carleton Coon seated with his drum/percussion set. Sign says The Original Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra. Exact location not given.
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 around 1919-1920.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sheet Music Cover
Description: 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.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

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