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Photo album page of Buck and Derb playing tennis

Image

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...

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

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

Image

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 in Shanghai with friends

Image

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 photos mostly of Derb in China

Image

Derb and Tamara Lewis in a rickshaw with an Asian driver; an unidentified group of people with Derb and Tamara around and on a rickshaw; Derb and...

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

Photo album page of photos mostly taken in Hawaii and a couple of photos from China

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Boy with a surfboard; an unidentified man, possibly Jack Bratton; Derb with an unidentified woman and the boy with his surfboard; Buck Clayton beside...

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
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  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Group portraits (7)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • African American men (4)
  • Travelers (4)
  • African American women entertainers (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Entertainers (2)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Ocean travel (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Rickshaws (7)

Subjects, Geographic

  • China (3)
  • Shanghai (China) (3)
  • Hawaii (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (7)
  • Clayton, Derb (5)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (1)
  • Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953 (1)
  • West, Earl (1)
  • Wills, Helen, 1905-1998 (1)

Date Published

  • 1937 (7)
  • (-) 1934 (7)

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