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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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John Thiell Kissing Dry Ground
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1923
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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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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."
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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 Richolson in Mattoon, Illinois
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Description
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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.
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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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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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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Tour Incident
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Description
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View of tornado debris blocking the Nighthawks' train near Cornland and Buffalo Hart, on way into Springfield, Illinois.
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Date
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1927-04-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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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."
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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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Carleton Coon's Car
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Description
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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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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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Russ Stout
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Description
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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.
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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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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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Description
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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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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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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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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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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.
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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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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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Title
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Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
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Description
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Members of the Nighthawks tossing coins down at the railroad depot in Mattoon, Illinois. Identified by Edmiston as standing from left: Knapp, Sanders, Coon, and Richolson. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "This little game nearly landed us in jail."
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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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Title
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Joe Sanders
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1925-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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