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Photo album page of the Harlem Gentlemen band in China

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Members of the Harlem Gentlemen band captioned "Our Gang" & our Penthouse; an unidentified man possibly Baby Lewis; members of the band and an Asian gentleman surrounding a small potted tree; Earl Waley, (leader of the Santa Anna Band) leaning over a rooftop wall; Andy (Leader of Ambassador Band) standing on rooftop, smiling with cigar and wearing knickers; members of the band on a rooftop, standing and sitting around and on a pram; an unidentified man, possibly Eddie Beal, in a rickshaw with a driver; Buck with Earl Waley, Jimmie Carsons and Andy, (Four Leaders) standing on a rooftop with an unidentified band member standing behind their left side. Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Date Published
1934
1937
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Rickshaws
Travelers
African American men
Chinese
Men
Subjects, Geographic
China
Notes

No date; likely between 1934 and 1937

Panel of 8 pictures mounted on a photo album page with handwritten captions. Left column top to bottom: "Our gang" & our Penthouse, Earl Waley (leader of Santa Anna Band), and "The Baron" (at the age of three). Right column top to bottom: "Posies", Andy (leader of Ambassador Band), and Jimmie, Andy, Buck, & Earl (Four Leaders).

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

Extent Of Original
8 photographs : black and white print ; 7 x 11 cm on card mount 27 x 34 cm
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1498.tif
Genres
Gelatin silver prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
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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