Laif Cassidy Orchestra at the Banff Springs Hotel
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- 1930
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Laif Cassidy, Harry Karr (saxophone), Chick Mge., Bus Totten (trumpet), Sammy Davis (bass), Jackie Williamson.
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Laif Cassidy Orchestra at the Banff Springs Hotel
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Laif Cassidy, Harry Karr (saxophone), Chick Mge., Bus Totten (trumpet), Sammy Davis (bass), Jackie Williamson.
Jimmy King and His Dukes of Rhythm at Port Arthur, Ontario
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Emile Bernier (trumpet), Don Wright (piano), Al Doe (drums), Pete Couture (violin and banjo), Jimmy King (saxophone and vocals).
Earle Hills Mandarins at Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Clyde Bateman (trombone), Sid Doe (drums), Herb Brittian (trumpet), Bert Jones, Al Doe (drums), Joe Karr (saxophone), Laurie Thompson (piano), Frank Baldwin (saxophone).
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph taken at Grand Beach, Manitoba.
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph taken at Grand Beach, Manitoba. Shows Clyde Bateman (trombone and trumpet), Al Doe (drums), Art Strauss (banjo and saxophone), Gene Deagle (piano), Johnny Horner (saxophone).
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Ann Foster (piano), Jack Hunter (drums), Art Strauss (banjo), Cam Christie (saxophone), Clif Marshall (saxophone), Hugo Menard (trumpet). Date of photograph is approximate, [ca. 1927].
Art Furney Orchestra, Manitou Beach, Watrus, Saskatchewan
Part of Owen Clark collection
Photograph shows Ted Levesque, Al Doe, Art Furney, Laurie Thompson, Eddie Odliefson, Joe Karr.
Slides of musicians and venues
Part of Owen Clark collection
Colour and black and white slides depicting musicians and entertainment landmarks around Manitoba, many of which were featured in Owen Clark’s book “Musical Ghosts”.
Part of Owen Clark collection
The collection consists of material relating to Winnipeg and its music history, particularly its jazz, blues, and big band music from the late 1890s to 2007. This material was used by Clark in Musical Ghosts: Manitoba’s Jazz and Dance Bands, 1914-1966. As well, the collection includes vintage photographs and related material on Winnipeg-based musicians, music and dance venues, and the bands, singers and performers who worked in these establishments. The collection also records the architecture of dance halls and clubs in Winnipeg and in Manitoba and Saskatchewan towns. In addition, social and cultural activities in Manitoba are represented in the descriptions recorded on many of the photographs. The collection contains digital, visual and audio media of interviews and musical sessions by musicians captured in many of the photographs.
The main body of the Owen Clark Collection contains records given to Owen Clark or records from his private collection. It also contains a bound scrapbook that was compiled by Manuel Finkelman, a dancer at the Orpheum Theatre from 1922-1923. It contains newspaper clippings (many from The Winnipeg Tribune) documenting the entertainment scene in Winnipeg, Manitoba, especially the Orpheum Theatre and vaudeville acts from 1921-1927. The scrapbook was discovered by Gene Shelley (Eugene Schibler) during demolition of the Theatre in 1948 and given to Owen Clark around 2004.
Textual records and ephemera in the Collection include local band business cards, newspaper clippings, music magazines, telegraphs, letters, menus from restaurants in Winnipeg, achievement certificates, and newsletters, among other items.