Coon-Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra

Title: Joe Richolson
Description: Exterior view of Joe Richolson. Outside of negative envelope reads: "Joe Richolson - (Tpt. C-S), Bakersfield, July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view, identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg (Harvey's son), and Russ Stout.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell and Russ Stout
Description: Exterior view identified from left to right as Harold Thiell, Ed Rettberg, and Russ Stout. Also identifies as sax and clarinet and gives the address of 6042 Bolling Drive, Orlando, Florida. This appears to be Thiell's address and the photo may have been taken at this location. Ed Rettberg is the son of Harvey Rettberg.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg
Description: Exterior view, identified as Rex Downing and Hilda Rettberg. Negative envelope reads: "Rex Downing (Tbn.,Coon-Sanders), Little Rock [Arkansas], June, 1961".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Eula Coon Stookey and Others
Description: Written on envelope that contained the negative: "Eula Coon Stookey (Coonie's widow), Hilda Rettberg, Franklin Stookey, Columbia, Mo., July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders At Home
Description: Exterior view of local band leader Joe Sanders standing in front of his home at 7626 Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. Photo believed to have been taken by Harvey Rettberg or his wife when they visited Sanders and his wife Gertrude on July 16, 1961. Sanders would have been around 64 years old at the time, four years before his death in 1965.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders At Home
Description: Exterior body view of local musician Joe Sanders standing outside his home at 7626 Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. Photograph believed to have been taken by Harvey Rettberg or his wife while they visited Sanders and his wife Gertrude in the summer of 1961. Sanders would be around 64 years old at the time.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders At Home
Description: Exterior partial body view of local musician Joe Sanders standing outside his home at 7626 Pennsylvania in Kansas City, Missouri. Photograph believed to have been taken by Harvey Rettberg or his wife while they visited Sanders and his wife Gertrude in the summer of 1961. Sanders would be around 64 years old at the time.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rex Downing and Harvey Rettberg
Description: Exterior view with Harvey Rettberg on the left and Rex Downing on the right. Negative envelope reads: "Nighthawks-West Coast Trip".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold Thiell
Description: Exterior view, identified as Harold Thiell who played reeds with the Coon-Sanders Band. Location of photograph given as St. Augustine, September 1961.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clyde Hahn and Others
Description: Exterior view, identified on negative envelope as left to right: Hilda Rettberg, Sis Stout, Clyde Hahn, and Russ Stout. Taken at Whitewater Falls (South Carolina?) in 1961.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floyd Estep
Description: Exterior view of Floyd Estep. Identification written on negative envelope: "Floyd Estep (Reeds, C-S), Burbank, Cal., 1961".
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Eula Coon Stookey and Others
Description: Written on envelope that contained the negative: "Eula Coon Stookey (Coonie's widow), Hilda Rettberg, Franklin Stookey, Columbia, Mo., July, 1961."
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harvey Rettberg and Others
Description: Exterior view of group standing by Chapmanns Bridge near Sunset, South Carolina, on June 9 or 10, 1961. Individuals left to right are: Sis Stout, Clyde Hahn, Harvey Rettberg, and Russ Stout.
Date: 1961
Object Type: Photograph