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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: 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: Carleton Coon's Car
Description: 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."
Date: 1926
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: 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: John A. Coon
Description: Snapshot portrait of John A. (Johnny) Coon, the son of Carleton and Eula Coon.According to Edmiston's book, p. 324 - John Allyn Coon was the oldest child of Carleton and Eula Coon, born February 7, 1913. He started his own band in 1932 which lasted until 1974. He also operated the Johnny Coon Theatrical Agency, residing in the Kansas City metro area. He died May 5, 1999.
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: 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: 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: Southwest High School, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Exterior, street level view of Southwest High School located at 65th and Wornall in Kansas City, Missouri. John Coon, son of Carleton Coon, wrote on the back of the photograph, "Dad went to high school here. Graduated 1931."
Date: 1979
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: 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: Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Exterior, partial view of Union Station located in Kansas City, Missouri. Sanders captions the photo in Scrapbook A (SC1, Box 6.1, p. 56): "Another view of the homecoming parade forming at the Kansas City Union Station." The Nighthawks had come back to Kansas City for a visit.
Date: 1927-12-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders Collection Exhibit
Description: Interior view of Joe Sanders Collection exhibit held at the Kansas City Public Library, Art and Music Department, Fall, 1965. This view features the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks and includes pages from the photo/diary scrapbook that Joe Sanders kept during the band's tours.
Date: 1965
Object Type: Photograph

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