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Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

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On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends toward him as he sits at a table in the Blue Room in the America Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. Claude's wife, Blanche Williams, sits next to him and smiles toward the right side of the photograph. The audience in the Blue Room surrounds them. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Date Published
2001-02-19
Subjects
Jazz musicians
African American men
Fiddlers
African American women
Music fans
Autographs
Musicians' spouses
African American jazz musicians
Subjects, Geographic
Kansas City (Mo.)
Notes

February 19, 2001

"KK" is written in black grease pencil on the verso of the photograph.

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

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 10 x 15 cm
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-089.tif
Genres
Color photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
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 Not Evaluated
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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