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Photo album page of the ship to Honolulu and a few tourist sites

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Two unidentified men "Savage Serenade"; two members of the band, possibly Teddy Buckner and Duke Upshaw, "Two Brass Masters"; "Derb in Honolulu" holding a child; "Buck at Waikiki" in a swimsuit sitting on a seawall; "Queen's Palace (Honolulu)" mostly a photo of cars; Reginald Jones, Happy Lewis and Herbert "Bumps" Meyers "Jonsey Happy & Bumps"; Herbert "Bumps" Meyers "Bumps in "his" Pilch"; the ship named "Pres Hoover"; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford "Vendome Boys"; "Little Hawaiian Girl"; and a profile photo of an unidentified woman titled "Sister Litvit". Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.
Date Published
1934
1937
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Entertainers
Travelers
Ocean travel
African American men
African American women
Subjects, Geographic
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Notes

No date; likely between 1934 and 1937

Panel of 11 photos mounted on a photo album page with handwritten captions. Top row, left to right: "Savage Serenade", Two Brass Masters, Derb in Honolulu, and Buck at Waikiki. Middle row, left to right: Queen's Palace (Honolulu), Jonsey Happy & Bumps, and Bumps in "his" Pilch. Bottom row left to right: Pres Hoover, Vendome Boys, Little Hawaian Girl, and "Sister Litvit".

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

Extent Of Original
11 photographs : black and white print ; 9 x 6 cm on card mount 27 x 34 cm
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-1495.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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