Billy Eckstine orchestra with Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker, 1944

Duke Ellington at piano, with Billy Strayhorn looking on, and possibly dancer Ralph Brown on top, backstage in Stanley Theatre, ca. 1940–1946

Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson at Forbes Field, Oakland, ca. 1947

Homestead Grays baseball catcher Josh Gibson standing on Forbes Field, 1942

Young Ahmad Jamal (Fritz Jones) playing piano, ca. 1942

New York Cubans baseball player Horacio Martinez leaping above third base at Forbes Field, 1941

Lena Horne lounging backstage at the Stanley Theatre, ca. 1944

Mary Lou Williams with P. Lawrence Peeler in Syria Mosque for Night of Stars, 1946

Billy Eckstine Orchestra performing in Hill City Auditorium (Savoy Ballroom) with Art Blakey on drums, 1944

Rufus "Sonnyman" Jackson, Seward "See" Posey, and another man with Luke Easter signing Homestead Grays contract, 1947

Earl "Fatha" Hines with band members, including Billy Eckstine and Budd Johnson, at the Savoy Ballroom, Hill District, c. 1939-1940

Jazz musician Lionel Hampton and Pittsburgh Courier reporter Billy Rowe at Allegheny County airport, 1940

Billy Eckstine Orchestra with with vocalist Sarah Vaughan, Hill City Auditorium (Savoy Ballroom), 1944