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All about the fight at the Canidrome

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Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen leaving Shanghai; Shanghai, China.
Date Published
1937
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
African American women
African American men
Men, White
Time Periods
1931-1940
Subjects, Geographic
Shanghai (China)
Notes

No date; likely 1937

Mixed media of 3 photos with handwritten captions and 4 newspaper clippings. Top row newspaper clippings, left to right: "Fistic Comedy--Drama At Canidrome", "Notice Served On B. Clayton's Band Because of Fight", and from the Shanghai Show World by Max Chaichek, "Shanghailanders are critical, but they are also fair". Middle row, left to right: Newspaper clipping titled "Clayton Band to Leave Shanghai", and a portrait photo captioned Tamara Lewis. Bottom row, left to right: a photo captioned Joe & Teddy.

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

Extent Of Original
1 item : mixed media of 3 black and white prints, 4 newspaper clippings ; on card mount 27 x 34 cm
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1510.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
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 for more information.

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