Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from his left side, closes his eyes as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, slanted photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays next to a smiling drummer
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he stands on the left side of the photograph and draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle. An unidentified white male drummer smiles above the cymbal...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays with a piano play in a living room
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight and crosses his leg as he sits in a chair playing a fiddle. Beside him is an unidentified white man playing a spinet piano with his back and side to the...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams eats his breakfast
Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a dining table and looks down at a bowl of cereal he is eating, which sits on a floral placemat along with a piece of toast. A large bouquet of a dozen long-stemmed...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoying himself in the Blue Room
Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the left side of the photograph with...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee
Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee
Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as he walks by the baby grand piano holding his fiddle and bow in his left hand as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoys performing at the Levee
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he stands on stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, snapping his fingers of his right hand as he holds his fiddle and...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains along with others
Left to right: Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone, from his right side; Jerome "Scrooge" Harris, drums, looking down and wearing a hat; Charlie Gabriel, saxophone, eyes closed in the foreground playing...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains patrons
Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind the stage, stands and plays his fiddle as he performs for patrons at round tables with white tablecloths. There are only beverages on the tables. An unidentified...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee
Claude "Fiddler" Williams focuses on his fiddle as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard Ross, singer, stands beside Claude on stage waiting for his...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams furrows his brow as he performs with his fiddle
In a close-up photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and furrows his brow as he draws his bow across his fiddle during a performance. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams gets the microphone next
Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in the center of a school auditorium stage performing on his fiddle. Marcus Belgrave walks toward Claude with a microphone held shoulder high with his left hand. An...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins and pumps his fist at the Levee
Claude "Fiddler" Williams has a big grin on his face as he takes a little side step on stage, pumps the fist of his right hand, and holds his bow and fiddle down by his leg with his left hand. Larry...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins as he holds his fiddle ready to play
Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks forward and grins as he prepares to play. He holds his fiddle under his chin and his bow down by his side. The body of a double bass and a hand of the bass player is...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams handprints in cement
A frame of cement with the handprints pushed into the cement of Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame upon the occasion of his induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams has the spotlight
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes so tight that his face grimaces as he draws his bow across his fiddle in the spotlight of a dark stage. Only his fiddle, his face, and a jazz guitar on the...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend
Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman who is seating next to him. She grins as he holds a...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac
Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac Fleetwood that is parked on the street as he stands with his back to 215 and 217 SE 8th Ave, Topeka, Kansas, in front of the Topeka Performing...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot publicity photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot photograph.
Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph
Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Only the peg box, neck, and upper bout of his fiddle are visible in the lower right-hand corner of the photograph as well as the...
Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph
Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and grimaces as he pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, publicity photograph. A publicity photograph of a woman singing is visible...