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Buck Clayton and friends

Image

Buck Clayton with George Jones and Jack Medlock.

Date Published
1929
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton posing with friends

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Buck Clayton standing with Jean Clayton, Jack Medlock, Mary Bledsoe and Leon Stafford.

Date Published
1929
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Co-ed group on the grounds of Western Seminary

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An large unidentified co-ed group of African American men, women, and children and one white man seated in the center on the ground in the photograph...

Date Published
1929
1949
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Graduating class

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A graduating class of 21 African American women and two African American men standing the steps of, likely, the school. Most wear graduation mortar...

Date Published
1929
1935
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Memphis Slim

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Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Night of drinking

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An unidentified African American woman with her arms around the shoulders of two unidentified, unenthused, African American men, sit at a table while...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Outdoor jam session

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Buck Clayton playing trumpet with Shifford Garner on sax in front of a tree; the photographer's shadow is visible in the foreground.

Date Published
1929
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Shop run by African American women

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Photographic montage of a retail shop and professional work scenarios of African American women at a department store with an office behind the...

Date Published
1929
1931
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection
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  • African American men

Member of

  • Dolores Hobley Collection (5)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (8)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (8)
  • Gelatin silver prints (8)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1921-1930 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (3)

Subjects

  • African American women (5)
  • African American jazz musicians (4)
  • Jazz musicians (4)
  • Academic costume (1)
  • African American children (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Businesswomen (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • College students (1)
  • Consumer goods (1)
  • Department stores (1)
  • Drinking of alcoholic beverages (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) African American men (8)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Parsons (Kan.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Medlock, Jack (2)
  • Bledsoe, Mary (1)
  • Cherry, Jean, 1913-2007 (1)
  • Garner, Shifford (1)
  • Memphis Slim (1)
  • Stafford, Leon (1)

Date Published

  • 1931 (3)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • (-) 1929 (8)

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