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Stan Kenton at Capitol Records' pressing plant

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and a group of men at Capitol Records pressing plant. The group is standing around a piece of machinery. They are, from left to right: an unknown capitol plant worker; Jerry Duane (of Pastels vocal group); Eddie Safranski; Shelly Manne; unknown (possibly a Pastels member); Kenton; Pete Rugolo (arr); George Morte (bandboy); and unknown (possibly a Pastels member).
Date: 1947

[Stan Kenton at Earl Carroll's Theatre]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton with chorus girls at Earl Carroll's Theatre in Hollywood. Kenton is seating next to an upright piano and the girls are gathered around him; one of the girls has her foot on his lap. On the back: Stan and Erroll [sic] Carroll showgirls; Stan conducted orchestra; taken sometime in early '40's.
Date: November 1945

[Stan Kenton at Schirmer opening]

Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton surrounded by fans at the Schirmer opening in Brooklyn, N.Y. In the photograph, Kenton is signing autographs and there are others visible in the background including Murray Boykin (Brooklyn salesman), someone hesitantly identified as John Cooney (N.Y. manager), and Al Levine (Newark manager).
Date: November 1946

[Stan Kenton with Benny Carter]

Description: This sheet contains four square photographs. The upper photographs show Stan Kenton with a man at a piano (left) and sitting at a table with another man looking at paperwork (right); one of the men is composer and musician Benny Carter. The bottom phtographs show what appears to be a road in the country (left) and Stan Kenton with a pencil in his mouth, composing music at a piano (right). There is also a partially obscured photograph of an unidentified woman at the top of the sheet.
Date: 1940~
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