Danny Barker's Steamboat Stompers taken at the first Jimmy Ryan's in the 50s.

Danny Barker bj, Arthur Herbert dm, Haywood Henry cl, Red Richards p, George Stevenson tb, Doc Cheatham tp. Source: A LIFE IN JAZZ, Danny Barker, edited by Alyn Shipton, 1986.

(Source: Chuck Slade on FACEBOOK. Thanks to Per Oldaeus and everyone else for the identification.)

Omer Simeon and Jimmy McPartland.

It would be in the 1950's since Omer Simeon died in 1959.

Location unknown.

(Photo credit Chuck Slate).

Omer still with his "Albert", but I wonder what maker it was at this point. This P.R. picture was given to me by Tony Standish, who'd heard the band in New York. Here Omer is holding a Selmer.

(Barry Wratten).

Wilbert Kirk, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948.

(William P. Gottlieb collection).

Joe Thomas, Eddie Wilcox, and Omer Simeon, Loyal Charles Lodge No. 167, New York, N.Y., ca. October 1947.

Probably Jimmy Lunceford´s Orchestra.

(William P. Gottlieb collection).

Courtesy the Elijah "Lige" Shawl FB group.