Of Historical American Music Photographs
Presented herein is a collection of historical photographs and print items pertaining to the musical and radio history of Texas and other (mostly) southern and southwestern states, ranging in date from approximately 1920 to 1980, all of which have been digitized from the R.C. Montgomery/Old Time Blues Collection. Note that there will be periodic additions to this gallery.
These images are presented in full and are largely unaltered (save for some digital retouching) in reduced resolution for academic purposes and your viewing pleasure. They may be republished on the internet under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License license, and may also be subject to their original intellectual property rights, if applicable. Respectfully, please do not use these photographs without crediting OldTimeBlues.net or R. Connor Montgomery as their source, and please do not use them in any commercial context. If you are interested in higher resolution scans for any purpose or simply would like further information, please contact R.C. Montgomery.
A and P Gypsies
A and P Grocerymen
Gene Austin
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Ballard Chefs Quartette
Phil Baxter
Ben Bernie and All the Lads
Jim and Bob
Boswell Sisters
Connee Boswell
Bill Boyd
Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers
Paul Bragg
Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies
Milton Brown and his Musical Brownie
Cliff Bruner and his Boys
Callahan Brothers
Cap, Andy and Flip
Bill Carlsen
Bill Carlsen and his Orchestra
Bill Case and his Melody Boys
Clyde Chesser and his Texas Village Boys
Chuck Wagon Gang
Chuck Wagon Gang
Bessie Coldiron
Carolina Cotton
Crazy Radio Gang
Crazy Gang
Bing Crosby
Bernie Cummins
Vaughn DeLeath
KGKO Dude Ranchers
Ruth Etting
Shorty Fincher and his Prairie Pals
Shorty Fincher
Cecil Gill
Harold Goodman
Violet Goulet
Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys
Happy Johnny and Handsome Bob
Bob Helton and the Texas Ramblers
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Al Howard
Jesse James and the Canadian Aces
Jimmie Joy
KABC Big Noonday Jamboree
Kay Kyser
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
Tex Lee
Tex Lee
Lee Leissner and his Texas Rhythm Boys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Light Crust Doughboys
Mance Lipscomb
Mance Lipscomb
Cowboy Max Martin
Red River Dave McEnery
Red River Dave McEnery
Red River Dave McEnery
Red River Dave McEnery
Red River Dave McEnery
Red River Dave McEnery
Leonard McRight and his Hi-Way Melody Boys
“Peg” Moreland
Eddie Noack
W. Lee O’Daniel
W. Lee O’Daniel
Tex Owens
Ozark Playboys
Adolf Pavlas and the Boys
Phillips’ Louisville Jug Band
Pickard Family
Prairie View Co-Eds Orchestra
Prairie View Co-Eds Orchestra
Prairie View Co-Eds Orchestra
Will Henry Bennett
Goebel Reeves
Harry Richman
Tex Ritter
Carson Robison and his Buckaroos
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family
Jimmie Rodgers
Roy Rogers
Ross Rhythm Rascals
Joe Sanders
Zelda Scott and Jerry Smith
KFJZ Sendol Program
Red Hawks
Roy Shaffer Gang
Roy Shaffer and Gang
Roy Shaffer
Roy and Eddie Shaffer
Jimmie and Leon Short
Sylvania Foresters
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours
Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours
Tweedy Brothers
Unidentified Cowboy Band
WFAA Early Birds
Slim Willet
Slim Willet
Bob Wills
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
