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Roy Eldridge and clarinetist Prince Robinson

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, holding a trumpet in his left hand and a conductor's baton in his right, hand, and clarinetist Prince Robinson standing at a microphone.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge and clarinetist Prince Robinson

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, holding a trumpet in his left hand, and a conductor's baton in his right hand, and clarinetist Prince Robinson.
Date: 1939
Creator: Harry Rossner
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge and clarinetist Prince Robinson

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, holding a trumpet in his left hand, and a conductor's baton in his right hand, with clarinetist Prince Robinson.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Drummer

Autographed photo of a drummer, inscribed to Roy Eldridge. The signature has not been deciphered.
Date: October 18, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Al McKibbon, and Denzil Best

Photograph of Roy Eldridge in performance with Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Al McKibbon (bass), and Denzil Best (drums). Personnel and date are on the back of the photo.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with Coleman Hawkins and Al McKibbon

Photograph of Roy Eldridge in performance with tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and bassist Al McKibbon.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thelonious Monk, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Al McKibbon

Blurred photo of Thelonious Monk (piano), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), and Al McKibbon (bass). Personnel are identified on the back of the photo.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thelonious Monk, Helen Humes, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Al McKibbon

Photograph of Thelonious Monk (piano), Helen Humes (vocal), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), and Al McKibbon (bass). Personnel are noted on the back of the photo.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thelonious Monk, Tom Archia, Coleman Hawkins, and Roy Eldridge

Photograph of Thelonious Monk (piano), Tom Archia (tenor saxophone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), and Roy Eldridge (trumpet). Personnel are indicated on the back of the photo.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thelonious Monk, Tom Archia, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Al McKibbon

Photograph of Thelonious Monk (piano), Tom Archia (tenor saxophone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), and Al McKibbon (bass) in performance. Personnel are indicated on the back of the photo.
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tom Archia, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Al McKibbon

Photograph of Tom Archia (tenor saxophone), Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), and Al McKibbon (bass).
Date: December 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Big Jim, Little Jim, Little Jazz"

Photograph of Roy Eldridge with a young boy at a drum kit, and a man on the left who may be the boy's father. On the back of the photo is the note: "Big Jim, Little Jim, Little Jazz. Revere, Mass. The Happy Falzone Home, January 1948."
Date: January 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with unidentified couple

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, seated at right with an unidentified couple. A date is stamped on the back. An inscription in blue ink on the photo is partly legible, reading "good luck and the best to a grand guy," from "Dorothy and I."
Date: June 13, 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France on November, 18, 1950, for an anti-tuberculosis benefit.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benny Goodman Quartet in Malmö, Sweden

Photograph the Benny Goodman Quartet in Malmö, Sweden, performing for a large crowd, with Dick Hyman on piano, Charles Short on bass, and Ed Shaughnessy on drums. The U.S. flag behind them has 48 stars, confirming a date before 1959, and 2 Scandinavian flags (Swedish, though the color is ambiguous in black and white) hang on either side of it, for further evidence of time and place. A sign above the stage refers to Skomakaregatan, in Malmö, and another refers to Hemmets Veckotidning, a magazine published in Malmö.
Date: April 20, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Clover Rowland

Photograph of a man sitting backward on a chair, holding a trumpet. The photo is signed with brief notes on both sides, though water damage has made some of the text difficult to read. The note on the back refers to Chu Berry.
Date: April 26, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trumpet player, "Jacob"

Photograph of a trumpet player in a pinstripe suite. A note on the back of the photo is signed "Jacob," and indicates he met Eldridge in Oslo, Norway. An unidentified man is in the background on the left.
Date: April 26, 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Cafe des Ambassadeurs (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Cafe des Ambassadeurs

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge appearing at Cafe des Ambassadeurs, 3 Avenue Gabriel, Paris. An appearance by Don Byas is also advertised.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Palais des Beaux Artes in Brussels, Belgium (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Palais des Beaux Artes in Brussels, Belgium

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Palais des Beaux Artes in Brussels, Belgium, sponsored by Le Hot Club de Belgique, on February 5, 1951.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program for Roy Eldridge at the Salle Poirel (open access)

Program for Roy Eldridge at the Salle Poirel

Program for Roy Eldridge at the Salle Poirel in Nancy, France, with Jean-Claude Fohrenbach. The program cover has caricatures of both men, and a list of song selections is inside the program.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ella Fitzgerald and Another Woman Sleeping on a Plane]

Photograph of Ella Fitzgerald, at right, and an unidentified woman sleeping on a plane.
Date: March 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gene Krupa on a bus

Photograph of Gene Krupa in the aisle seat of a bus, holding a cigarette. An unidentified woman is on his left. In the foreground, guitarist Herb Ellis looks into the camera.
Date: March 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Herb Ellis standing in airplane aisle

Photograph of guitarist Herb Ellis standing in an airplane aisle.
Date: March 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Inside of a restaurant

Photograph taken inside a restaurant.
Date: March 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History