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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 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."
Date: 1924-09
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: Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders
Description: 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."
Date: 1924
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: 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."
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: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of the band lined up on a rock somewhere in Indiana. Identified left to right: Harold Thiell, Carleton Coon, Russ Stout, Frank Estep, Bob Pope, John Thiell, Joe Sanders, Rex Downing, Joe Richolson, Floyd Estep, and John Coon. Taken while on tour.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of band lined up at what is believed to be the train station area in Niles, Michigan. Edmiston indicates that they did not play here but must have changed trains. Identified in Edmiston's book as, left to right: Haid, J. Thiell, Richolson, Sanders, Coon, Knapp, H. Thiell, Musolino, and Estep.
Date: 1925
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: Carleton Coon and Orville Knapp
Description: View of Carleton Coon pushing a wheel barrow with Orville Knapp seated in it. Location is Niles, Michigan, taken while the band was on tour. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo: "Orville undergoing his strenuous daily constitutional - doing nothing! Niles, Michigan."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nighthawks Luggage
Description: View of the Nighthawk band luggage at train station. Location unknown. One of the boxes has the name Carleton Coon and the Nighthawks on it.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Identified in Edmiston's book as "Joe's 'Nighthawk Pyramid,' depot in Iowa City, Iowa, about 20 September 1924." People are identified on top as: Dewey Birge (banjo), Orville Knapp (alto sax), John Thiell (tenor sax), Nick Musolino (trombone), Adams (asst. tour mgr.), Joe Richolson (trumpet). Middle from left: Hank Linder (tour mgr.), Joe Sanders (piano). Bottom from left: Harold Thiell (alto Sax), Carleton Coon (drums), and Frank "Pop" Estep (bass).
Date: 1924
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

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: View of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks with suits on at Castle Farm, Cincinnati, Ohio, where the band played during May 1927. Identified in Edmiston's book - Back row: Joe Sanders, Carleton Coon; second row (from left): Pop Estep, Pope, Downing, and Stout; front row (from left): J. Thiell, F. Estep, H. Thiell, and Richolson.
Date: 1927-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Richolson
Description: Exterior view of Joe Richolson. Outside of negative envelope reads: "Joe Richolson - (Tpt. C-S), Bakersfield, July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view, identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg (Harvey's son), and Russ Stout.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg, and Russ Stout. Also identifies as sax and clarinet and gives the address of 6042 Bolling Drive, Orlando, Florida. This appears to be Thiell's address and the photo may have been taken at this location. Ed Rettberg is the son of Harvey Rettberg.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg
Description: Exterior view, identified as Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg. Negative envelope reads: "Rex Downing (Tbn.,Coon-Sanders), Little Rock [Arkansas], June, 1961".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

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