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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 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: 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: Joe Sanders Orchestra
Description: Interior, performance view identified as part of the Joe Sanders Orchestra. Identified on the back of the photo as: Front - Dale Stoddard, Harold Thiell, Bill McDowell, Hubert Finlay; Rear - Jack Cathcart, George Wendt, Jack Gillespie, Rex Downing and Gary Nottingham. Location not given.
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: 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: 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: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks waiting for a train at the Mattoon, Illinois train depot. According to Edmiston, this would be the group's first road trip. Identified as: Knapp, J. Thiell, Sanders, Musolino, Cory Adams (assistant tour manager), Birge, Richolson, Estep, and Linder (tour manager).
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders and Orville Knapp
Description: Exterior view of reeds player Orville Knapp on the left and Joe Sanders on the right. Sanders captions the photo in his scrapbook: "A great picture of Knapp, engaged in an old Swedish custom with me." According to Edmiston's book, p. 328 - "Orville Knapp played reeds...After he left Coon-Sanders in the summer of 1925, he eventually clicked with his own band that he started in 1934." His career was cut short when the airplane he was piloting crashed on July 16, 1936, near Boston, Massachusetts.
Date: 1924-09
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: 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: 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

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