Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman at DownBeat awards event

Description

Dave Dexter and Benny Goodman holding trophies and talking while at the 1939 DownBeat awards event, Waldorf-Astoria. Dexter is wearing a suit and holding one trophy which appears to be a Swing Band award for the Benny Goodman Orchestra. Goodman is wearing a tuxedo, smiling, and holding two trophies. An unidentified man stands in the background.
January 15, 1940
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.