Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on one side of the stage with his back to the camera, playing his fiddle, while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down in front of...

The white male keyboardist laughs as he looks down at the keyboard he is seated behind. The white male double bass player next to him smiles and continues playing. An African American male saxophone...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on one side of the stage with his back to the camera while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down by his side. The unidentified...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday...

In a photograph from the side of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the edge of the stage playing his fiddle and facing the...

The photographer's finger is partially over the lens as the camera caught a photo of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the left, an unidentified white woman stands with her...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting next to Claude at the Old Northeast Festival in...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage and speaks into a microphone as he holds his fiddle with both hands and hangs his bow from his left hand. An unidentified white male keyboard player's face is...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other unidentified white male band members are in the stage area...

A photograph of the Garage Band at Kim Park's white brick house. Farthest to the left, a cooler sits next to an amplifier and Russ Long seated and playing a keyboard. Just behind Russ and partially...

In a photograph from the side of the stage, at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends toward the audience on the edge of the stage playing his...

Joe Cartwright, keyboard player, leans over the keys and looks to his right as he performs at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on the right...

Joe Wilder looks down at the bell of a flugelhorn as he stands of stage playing with the band. A unidentified African American saxophone player looking down while playing a soprano sax is farthest...

Two fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated keyboard player and possibly a slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap (all white men). The backs of the heads of the audience are in the...

Two white male fiddlers stand on stage facing a seated white male keyboard player and possibly a white male slide guitarist with the slide guitar on his lap. The backs of the heads of the audience are...

Richard Ross stands and smiles out at the audience at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as he performs with an unidentified drummer, double bass player, and a keyboard...

Richard Ross, jazz singer, smiles at the audience as he stands behind a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Levee Bar & Grill, 43rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The back of the keyboard...

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage wearing an overcoat and fedora hat as he plays the fiddle with Russ Long, a keyboard player, who is sitting next to Claude at the Old Northeast Festival in...