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Title: Joe Sanders
Description: Illustrations and information about the Coon-Sanders band, or the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, a Kansas City band in the 1920s, starting with the meeting of Joe Sanders and Carleton Coon in 1918 and ending with Carleton's death in 1932 (at the age of 39) but not before becoming "the most successful hyphenated dance band in the annals of American pop music," playing regularly in the late 1920s for Al Capone in Chicago, etc.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Group Portrait
Description: Joe Sanders with group of musicians which may be part of the Coon-Sanders Band shortly after the death of Carleton Coon. Identified on back as 1932 Nighthawk Band.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: El Patio Dancing Hall
Description: 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.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Interior view of group gathered around Joe Sanders at the piano, location not given. Identified in Edmiston's book - Left to right, Nick Musilino, John Thiell, Harold Thiell, Orville Knapp, Pop Estep, Joe Richolson, Tom Beckham, Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders.
Date: 1923
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks
Description: 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.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Joe Sanders and Pop Estep
Description: 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?"
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Band
Description: Exterior view of Coon-Sanders Band. Identified in Fred Edmiston's book The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks as left to right: Bill Haid, John Thiell, Joe Richolson, Joe Sanders, Carleton Coon, Orville Knapp, Harold Thiell, Nick Musolino, and Pop Estep at Niles. Michigan in 1925.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carleton Coon and Joe Sanders in Cairo, Illinois
Description: 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.
Date: 1924-09-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Wife Madeline
Description: 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."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: 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: 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

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