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Roy Eldridge and unidentified man

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, seated with an unidentified man.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with jazz ensemble

Photograph of Roy Eldridge playing a pocket trumpet with a jazz ensemble, including a pianist, alto saxophonist, bassist, and guitarist. A partially visible poster (visible in other photos in this collection) announces that he had previously played with the Artie Shaw and Gene Krupa bands.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge and a flock of pigeons

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, standing in a flock of pigeons in front of an ornate building. One pigeon appears to be flying into or out of his right hand. Three men look on in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Performance venue

Photograph of an unidentified performance venue. People are standing outside in the foreground, and a long line of people are waiting to get in.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young woman in graduation cap and gown

Photograph of a young woman in a graduation cap and gown.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge, Herb Ellis, and Ray Brown

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, in performance on trumpet, with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Minnesota: Birthplace of America?"

Photograph of a scene likely from a fair or carnival, including a viking statue holding a shield with "Minnesota: Birthplace of America?" printed on it, and a mock-up of a viking ship in the background. Two people read a sign in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of a young woman

Portrait of a young woman, likely Carole Eldridge, Roy Eldridge's daughter.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with clarinetist and vocalist

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, at right, on a bandstand with a clarinetist and singer.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of a man in a military-style cap

Portrait of an unidentified man in a military-style cap.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Outdoor jazz band performance

Photograph of a jazz band with audience and passersby in an outdoor setting. The photo is damaged, but its content is still discernable.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with young woman

Photograph of Roy Eldridge playing the trumpet as a young woman at his left looks on. Based on information on the back of the photo, it may have been taken in Copenhagen.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, holding a trumpet and standing on an ornate tile floor.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, seated, playing a trumpet with a cup mute. Eldridge is wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a beret.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa in group photo

Photograph of Roy Eldridge and Gene Krupa, standing outdoors with four unidentified people.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roy Eldridge with tenor saxophonist, pianist, bassist, and drummer

Photograph of Roy Eldridge in performance with a tenor saxophonist, pianist, bassist, and drummer (barely visible on the left). The number 923 is printed on the back of this photo and others from the same event.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sign for Roy Eldridge performing at London House jazz club, Chicago

Photograph of a sign for Roy Eldridge performing at the London House jazz club in Chicago. Contact with humidity or water has transferred printed text onto the photo from another item.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Puppy in the grass

Photograph of a small puppy sitting on a lawn.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ray Brown

Photograph of bassist Ray Brown, reading the paper and likely seated on a train.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
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
System: The Portal to Texas History