Kress photos from Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection; LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC University Libraries; 1940´s; photographers: Warren Rothschild; Jay Seymour
Link: Kress photos Downbeat 1947
Camera study of Carl Kress and his guitar, N.Y., ca. June 1947; Down Beat, v. 14, no. 13 (June 18, 1947); photographer: William Gottlieb, Downbeat (Credit: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress)
Article in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, on the release of Kress/McDonough duet record “Heat Wave”/”Chicken a la Swing”, July 1937!:
McDonough/Kress, CBS broadcast, ca 1937
Gibson ad, with “Karl Kress”(!), in Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Aug 1936; Gibson catalogue 1937
Circa 1936, Imperial Theatre, NYC
Dick McDonough obituary, in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, July 1938:
Down Beat, v. 14, no. 13 (June 18, 1947):
British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Jan 1956, Dec 1966 Barnes/Mairants!
7 of the pictures below from a fantastic homepage: https://www.venutilang.com/:
Epiphone catalogue, 1932; Kress guitar solo, 1936
Kress at his Onyx Club, with Stuff Smith, 1938
Kress / Mottola, photo for an ad to promote Gibson guitars & amplifiers, 1941-42; Carl Kress was a featured musician on Garry Moore’s popular television variety show, The Garry Moore Show, during the 1950s in USA (TV-show running 1950-1958).
Kress at the Gaslight Club, Norwood, NJ, 1963, with Bob Wilber
The Gaslight gig above rendered a front cover in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Dec 1963!
Kress obituary in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Aug 1965:
Jazz Guitar Duets 
