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Photo album page of Buck and Derb playing tennis

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Buck about to serve in tennis standing by the court net; an Asian man pulling a double rickshaw with two African American men on board, the first man is possibly playing tennis standing by the court net, jokingly titled "Helen Wills"; Buck looking down at a tennis racket by the court net jokingly titled "Bill Tilden"; Derb with members of the band dressed all in white suits titled "The Gang"; Derb standing by tennis court net with two rackets under her arm titled "My Babe"; Derb with four Asian men titled "Derb and her boys". Side 1 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Date Published
1934
1937
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
African American women entertainers
Travelers
Band directors
Rickshaws
Notes

No date; likely between 1934 and 1937

Panel of 7 photos mounted on a photo album page with handwritten captions: Bottom left: "Bill Tilden". Top right: "Helen Wills". Bottom right: "My Babe". Center, top to bottom: Going to Work, "The gang", and Derb and her boys.

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

Extent Of Original
7 photographs : black and white print ; 11 x 7 cm on card mount 27 x 34 cm
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1496.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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