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A formal portrait of the members of the 1920-1921 Topeka High School Orchestra that brought home five silver cups from the State Musical Contest in Emporia, Kansas. Famed jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, 1904-1969, is shown seated second from the right.
Date: Between 1920 and 1921
Item Number: 210332
Call Number: B Hawkins, Coleman *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210332
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments - Saxophone
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical styles - Jazz
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians - Recording artists
Date - 1920s
Education - Secondary - Activities - Orchestra
Education - Secondary - Students
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Hawkins, Coleman Randolph, 1904-1969
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Photographs
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