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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 Clayton and Derb in Hawaii

Image

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 interesting people Buck and Derb met in China

Image

Derb with an unidentified woman (photo is overexposed); Buck Clayton on the ship, President Hoover; an unidentified smiling Asian man in a uniform...

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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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  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (7)

Types

  • photographs (7)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (7)
  • Gelatin silver prints (7)
  • Group portraits (6)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

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

Subjects, Geographic

  • China (3)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (2)
  • Shanghai (China) (2)
  • Hawaii (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (7)
  • Clayton, Derb (5)
  • Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (1)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Lewis, Happy (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953 (1)
  • Wills, Helen, 1905-1998 (1)

Date Published

  • 1937 (7)
  • (-) 1934 (7)

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