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Valerie Wellington - Eddy Clearwater

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Two separate negative photographs of blues singer Valerie Wellington and blues guitarist and vocalist Eddy Clearwater. Valerie's photograph is a close-up, head-shot photograph of her singing into a microphone with her head turned slightly to the right in order to look at the camera. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Valerie Wellington. Million Dollar $ecret, Photo by Doyle Wicks. Rooster Blues Records [logo]. R2619. Rooster Blues Records, 2615 N. Wilton Ave., Chicago, IL 60614, (312) 281-3585." In Eddy Clearwater's photograph, he wears a Native American headdress and grins to the left as he plays an electric guitar. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Eddy Clearwater. "The Chief" Rooster Blues LP 2615. CTP [logo]." [A production company name and address are mostly obscured in the bottom left-hand corner."
Date Published
1980
1984
Publisher
Rooster Blues / Doyle Wicks
Subjects
Blues musicians
Singers
Guitarists
African American men
African American women
Time Periods
1971-1980
1981-1990
Notes

No date; likely between 1980 and 1984

Negative: Two Photos.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_grand-emporium_photo-1966.tif
Genres
Negatives
Portrait photographs
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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