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Advertising a Basie performance

Image

A sign at an unidentified venue advertising a performance of the Count Basie Orchestra with Pearl Bailey.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Aerial shot of Chin Lee

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Aerial shot of Chin Lee's.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Sy Oliver's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

Image

Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring the Mills Brothers and the Andy Kirk Band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Arnett Cobb's' band and Sid Catlet's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

CBS-KNX Station

Image

CBS-affiliated KNX building viewed from across the street at night. Interior lights are off and a neon sign with the station logo is on.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

CBS-KNX Station

Image

CBS-affiliated KNX building viewed from across the street at night. Interior lights are on in addition to a neon sign with the station logo.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Crowd outside a theater

Image

Nighttime shot of an unidentified theater marquee, likely in New York, advertising a performance of Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra along with Bing...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

East side of Children's Mercy Hospital

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View of the east side of Children's Mercy Hospital at 520 Woodland. Sidewalk and trees seen in the foreground.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Empire State Building

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Empire State Building with a few of the buildings that surround it at its bottom floors.

Date Published
1941
1949
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

George Washington Carver Museum, Tuskegee, Alabama

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George Washington Carver Museum in Tuskegee, Alabama.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Jack Dempsey's bar

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Exterior shot of Jack Dempsey's Broadway Bar at night.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Lüchow's Restaurant in New York

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Lüchow's Restaurant, New York from the street. A white boy in a suit and a white woman stand at the street under the awning to the entrance to...

Date Published
1941
1949
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Night shot outside of Small's Paradise

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Exterior nighttime shot of Small's Paradise in Harlem, New York City.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel

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The tables are set and ready to serve customers at the Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, New York, New York.

Date Published
1941
1949
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Outside Joe Louis' bar

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Outside shot of Joe Louis' Bar in New York; pedestrians and a few cars seen in front.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside Madison Square Garden

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Exterior daytime shot of the entrance to Madison Square Garden in New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside of Small's Paradise

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Sepia toned exterior shot of Small's Paradise.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside of the Capitol in Harlem

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Exterior shot of The Capitol jazz club with signs advertising an upcoming performance of Dizzy Gillespie, billed as America's Greatest Trumpet Star.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Baby Grand

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Exterior shot of the Baby Grand bar in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Baby Grand

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Exterior shot of the Baby Grand bar in Harlem, New York with three photos displayed of current acts performing.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Baby Grand

Image

Exterior shot of the Baby Grand bar in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Baby Grand

Image

Sepia-toned exterior photo of the Baby Grand bar in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Colonial Tavern in Toronto

Image

Exterior shot of the Colonial Tavern in Toronto, Canada, with marquee advertising a performance of Buck Clayton and his Count Basie All Stars and...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (25)
  • Ted Malone Collection (8)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (36)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (36)
  • Black & white photographs (33)
  • Cityscape photographs (29)
  • Snapshots (28)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Aerial photographs (1)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • (-) Architectural photographs (36)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (11)

Subjects

  • Buildings (31)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (21)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (16)
  • Streets (7)
  • Marquees (6)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Hotel restaurants (4)
  • Pedestrians (3)
  • Radio stations (2)
  • Aerial views (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Botanists (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Bunting (Cloth) (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Coffee shops (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Execution sites (1)
  • Girders (1)
  • Hospital buildings (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Museums (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Office buildings (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Skyscrapers (1)
  • Streetscapes (Urban design) (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (14)
  • New York (N.Y.) (11)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Milan (Italy) (1)
  • Piazzale Loreto (Milan, Italy) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)
  • Tuskegee (Ala.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Garrison, Arv (1)
  • Garry, Vivien (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Smith, Richard Averill (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Date Published

  • 1950 (28)
  • 1949 (6)
  • 1945 (2)
  • (-) 1941 (36)

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