Bon Voyage to Shanghai
Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.
Buck Clayton's wedding
Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton Club Chorus Line.
Photo album page including a Boston Terrier and a few photos in their wedding clothes
Pantages Theatre marquee with Buck Clayton as a performer; Buck Clayton with unidentified man boxing; Buck Clayton holding Derb still in their wedding clothes; Clayton's Boston Terrier dog, Ghandi...
Photo album page mostly of Buck and Derb in Hawaii
Buck and Derb with members of the band "A bunch at Hawaiians"; Buck and Derb with members of the band "Arriving in Honolulu"; Derb with three unidentified people "High Diver & Entertainers"; Buck and...
Photo album page of a young Buck Clayton and Derb in fashionable clothing
Buck Clayton in suit with hands on hips pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton in suit with sunglasses and beret with left hand pushing back jacket; Buck Clayton standing, kissing Derb in fur coat; Buck...
Photo album page of Buck and Derb on their way to China
Derb on the S.S. President Hoover; Duke Ellington playing trumpet for Derb and Buck on their wedding day titled "A big bunch of Jibe" (A la Louie); Derb with Buck on a ship titled "Honey Moon"; Frank...
Photo album page of Buck and Derb playing tennis
Buck about to serve in tennis standing by the court net; an Asian man pulling a double rickshaw with two African American men on board, the first man is possibly playing tennis standing by the court...
Photo album page of Buck and the band in China with a signed Duke Ellington portrait
Buck Clayton standing in white suit with handwritten caption "Tropical"; signed "To Buck Clayton Best Wishes Duke Ellington" portrait of Duke Ellington in script and green ink and captioned "The Duke"...
Photo album page of Buck Clayton and Derb in Hawaii
Derb with Sonny Lewis titled "Sunshine Kids"; Derb with an unidentified person titled "Hotcha" & Derb; Derb in a grass skirt titled "The Hulu Gal"; Buck with Tamara Lewis title "What is This?"; Derb...
Photo album page of Buck Clayton in Shanghai with friends
Buck Clayton standing in white suit and skull cap; Joe McCutcheon and Baby Lewis with an unidentified Asian man, and Buck Clayton's head just out of the left of the photo mugging for the camera; Joe...
Photo album page of Buck, Derb, Tommy, and Sonny in China
Derb with Sonny Lewis; members of the band; Buck with Tamara Lewis; Derb with Tamara Lewis; Derb with an unidentified Asian man with a bicycle; Buck with Derb, "Tommy," and Sonny Lewis; Buck. Side 2...
Photo album page of Buck, the band, wives, and dancers in Shanghai, China
Buck and Derb kissing while leaning on a fence with Buck peeking at the photographer; Derb with a racially diverse group of people; Buck leaning his back against a fence as a woman's hand caresses his...
Photo album page of Derb and the band in Shanghai, China
Caricature of Teddy Weatherford on newsprint signed by Eveleigh; Tamara Lewis with Caughey Roberts; Tamara Lewis with Sonny Lewis and a sister; The sister, Derb, and Tamara Lewis; members of the band...
Photo album page of Derb in Honolulu
Derb in evening gown and smoking "Mrs. Clayton, Please"; Derb with an unidentified group of people beside a horse and carriage "At the Pier"; Derb in evening gown with a jacket "Doib"; Derb with an...
Photo album page of Derb with friends in a desert location
Derb with an unidentified group of people; Derb with an unidentified group of people; an unidentified woman with a dog; an unidentified man; Derb with two unidentified people; two unidentified people...
Photo album page of photos mostly of Derb in China
Derb and Tamara Lewis in a rickshaw with an Asian driver; an unidentified group of people with Derb and Tamara around and on a rickshaw; Derb and Tamara Lewis; two unidentified people on a rickshaw...
Photo album page of photos mostly taken in Hawaii and a couple of photos from China
Boy with a surfboard; an unidentified man, possibly Jack Bratton; Derb with an unidentified woman and the boy with his surfboard; Buck Clayton beside a rickshaw and its driver; Buck riding a rickshaw...
Photo album page of the ship to Honolulu and a few tourist sites
Two unidentified men "Savage Serenade"; two members of the band, possibly Teddy Buckner and Duke Upshaw, "Two Brass Masters"; "Derb in Honolulu" holding a child; "Buck at Waikiki" in a swimsuit...
Photo album page the trip from Shanghai to Honolulu
A person diving from the side of a ship beside a lifeboat captioned "Joe E. Brown taking picture"; People on a pier waving captioned "Leaving Honolulu"; an Asian man standing, with a walking stick and...
Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom
Entertainment programs and menus from the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai, China. Program performer information: Mistress of Ceremonies, Ursula Preston, Thelma Porter, Derby Clayton; Fay Courtney...
Wedding photo of Carl, Derb, and Buck
Carl Brisson shaking hands with Derb, with Buck Clayton looking on, on Buck's and Derb's wedding day, in a Paramount Pictures lot. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck
Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing behind them with a trumpet up to his mouth and arm...