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Bon Voyage to Shanghai

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton's wedding

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome Ballroom with Mort Ruby pointed out

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Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing as people dance at the Canidrome Ballroom. Mort Ruby with an arrow is written on the picture...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Duke Ellington

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Copy of a signed portrait of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Mills Brothers

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Signed portrait of the Mills Brothers: Herbert, Donald, Harry, John, all standing. John playing the guitar. Side 2 of 2-sided photo-album panel.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck and the band in China with a signed Duke Ellington portrait

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Buck Clayton standing in white suit with handwritten caption "Tropical"; signed "To Buck Clayton Best Wishes Duke Ellington" portrait of Duke...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck Clayton and Derb in Hawaii

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Derb with Sonny Lewis titled "Sunshine Kids"; Derb with an unidentified person titled "Hotcha" & Derb; Derb in a grass skirt titled "The Hulu Gal"...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck Clayton in Shanghai with friends

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Buck Clayton standing in white suit and skull cap; Joe McCutcheon and Baby Lewis with an unidentified Asian man, and Buck Clayton's head just out of...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck Clayton on the streets of Shanghai with other musicians

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Earl West on a rickshaw with a Asian rickshaw driver; Earl West on a rickshaw with a Asian rickshaw driver. The photo is double exposed; Buck standing...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck, Derb, Tommy, and Sonny in China

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Derb with Sonny Lewis; members of the band; Buck with Tamara Lewis; Derb with Tamara Lewis; Derb with an unidentified Asian man with a bicycle; Buck...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Derb and the band in Shanghai, China

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Caricature of Teddy Weatherford on newsprint signed by Eveleigh; Tamara Lewis with Caughey Roberts; Tamara Lewis with Sonny Lewis and a sister; The...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Derb in Honolulu

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Derb in evening gown and smoking "Mrs. Clayton, Please"; Derb with an unidentified group of people beside a horse and carriage "At the Pier"; Derb in...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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"...

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • 1934
  • African American men

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (15)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (15)
  • Gelatin silver prints (15)
  • Group portraits (13)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Clippings (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • African American women (9)
  • Entertainers (8)
  • Rickshaws (4)
  • Travelers (3)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Chinese (2)
  • Men (2)
  • Ocean travel (2)
  • Ballroom dancing (1)
  • Ballrooms (1)
  • Bridegrooms (1)
  • Brides (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Vocal groups (1)
  • Vocal quartets (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American men (15)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Shanghai (China) (8)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (3)
  • China (1)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (12)
  • Clayton, Derb (9)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (3)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (2)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (2)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (2)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (2)
  • Roberts, Caughey (2)
  • Johnson, Happy (1)
  • Lewis, Happy (1)
  • Ruby, Mort (1)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (1)
  • West, Earl (1)

Date Published

  • 1937 (10)
  • (-) 1934 (15)

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