Photograph of the Laboratory Dance Band playing their instruments while facing upward toward their left sides. Most of dark suited young men are looking directly at the camera lens. Most are sitting in folding chairs behind desks covered in layers of sheet music. Three pianos can be seen arranged in an "L" shape along the top right corner, curved around the platform that the performers are seated upon. The older Gene Hall Stands off to the upper left of the photo, wearing a greyish suit and glasses.

Photographs of Gene Hall and the Laboratory Dance Band on stage with Jimmy Giuffre. In the top photo, Giuffre plays a clarinet on the far left of the photo. Gene Hall holds sheet music and stands to the right with his back to Giuffre. The band is sitting behind these two men and playing various instruments. Handwritten text beneath the photos says "Jimmy Giuffra [sic] - Guest Soloist - 1956."

Photograph of (from left to right): Frank Todd on string bass; Gene Hall on clarinet; Paul Guerrero on drums; Art Davis on trumpet; Phil Manning on tenor saxophone; and Bill Harrison holding a trombone.

Photographs of Buddy DeFranco performing with the Laboratory Dance Band. In the first photo, the dark suited DeFranco stands in the background holding a clarinet while two seated male saxophonists play in front of him. In the upper left corner of the photograph, a shadowy man in black stands peering over an unidentified white object. The foreground is largely filled with a closeup of a trombone being extended with a right hand. The second photo features DeFranco in the upper left. He is holding a clarinet in his left hand while conducting the band. In the foreground is an over the shoulder view of a bespectacled trombone player and his music stand.

Photograph of Buddy DeFranco performing with the Laboratory Dance Band. He is wearing a dark suit and black rimmed glasses. DeFranco is playing a clarinet from behind a music stand with a microphone to the right. Behind him, seated band members sit behind desks while playing a variety of brass instruments.

Photograph of the Laboratory Dance Band performing on stage with a woman named Pat McCracken playing a harp. McCracken occupies the lower center portion of the photo. She is wearing a light hued dress and is sitting down behind a microphone. Her hands are mid-glide over the harp's strings. To her left, one of the many tuxedo-clad men plays a double bass. To the left of this man, another man sits with his back to the camera and plays a piano. The rest of the band is seated on a series of three increasingly elevated platforms. They are holding a variety of brass instruments and, in the case of one man at the left end of the topmost row, playing at a drum set.

Photographs depicting multiple scenes that feature Ted Craeger, Chuck Suber, Marshall Brown, and Gene Hall. There photos are arranged in four columns and three rows. The first row is made up of three shots of two women in a dark room. One woman is in the background and largely obscured by darkness. The woman in the foreground has short hair, is wearing a floral print, and is reading a magazine. The second column has Gene Hall standing to the right among other men. The bottom photograph has Hall standing while other men sit at tables in a room with brick walls. The first picture of the third column is of four men standing together in a room. A man wearing glasses and holding a cigarette addresses the other three. The second photo of the third column features the same man talking to two other people in a dark room decorated with small chairs and tall curtains. The third photo is of a man in a white shirt addressing a dark room of boys holding instruments and sitting at desks with sheet music. The fourth column features three similar photos, wherein images are made over a young man's left shoulder as …

Photograph of Gene Hall being interviewed by a younger man while a WFAA-TV Channel 8 camera is focused on them. Hall stands in front of a stool to the left while facing the camera. He is wearing a dark suit and glasses. His hands are folded in front of him. A younger man in a lighter suit faces Hall from the middle of the photo with his arms crossed over his chest. To the lower right stands a boxy film camera with the words "WFAA-TV" and "channel 8" stenciled on its side in white lettering.

Photograph of Stan Kenton seated next to an unidentified man. On the back: A 72.

Stan Kenton shaking hands with an unknown man, who is sitting in the driver's seat of a dark-colored convertible. There is a street in the background lined with buildings and cars.

Portrait of Stan Kenton wearing a light-colored suit and a handkerchief in his left pocket. The title "Innovations in Modern Music" in all capital letters is in the lower right margin.

Photograph of Stan Kenton looking into the camera and wearing a light colored suit against a white background.

Portrait of Stan Kenton reclining in a chair. Text under the photograph reads, "Stan Kenton and his Orchestra, 'Innovations in Modern Music'."

Photograph of Stan Kenton wearing a dark suit, handkerchief and tie, looking into the camera and smiling. The background is fuzzy, but appears to contain a stack of books in the lower left corner.

Portrait of Stan Kenton wearing a suit with a polka-dotted handkerchief in the pocket.

Photograph of Stan Kenton standing on a stage with his arms outstretched as if conducting.

Photograph of Stan Kenton sitting on a wire stool and reading a score as he smokes a cigarette.

Photograph of Stan Kenton in a suit and tie seated at a piano. Behind him, a group of young men and women are standing in a semi-circle watching him.

Photograph of an unidentified group of people seated on chairs around Stan Kenton who is in the front of the photograph. Many of the people are holding instruments and they appear to be looking at copies of sheet music. The room that they are in appears to be a music room with acoustic wall hangings and microphone stands as well as various other objects.

Photograph of Stan Kenton's reflection in a piano, with scores on top of the piano. The background is completely dark.

Headshot of Stan Kenton in profile.

Photograph of Stan Kenton wearing a suit, smoking a cigarette; he has one hand in his pocket and appears to be looking at something behind the camera.

Photograph of Stan Kenton in a suit and tie studying a score in his hand.

Photograph of Stan Kenton in a suit; he appears to be reclining on a low chair or couch.