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125th St in Harlem, New York

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125th Street in Harlem; Harlem, New York.

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

Advertising a Basie performance

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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

Andy Kirk at the piano

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Andy Kirk playing the piano.

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

Announcing the show

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An unidentified white male emcee at the microphone on stage with a big band behind him.

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

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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

At the beach

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An unidentified African American man walking on a beach, most likely Missouri Avenue Beach, Atlantic City, NJ.

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

Ben Webster

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Ben Webster resting his left hand on his saxophone with his right hand out the window; no suit jacket and his fedora brim turned up.

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

Benny Morton relaxing

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Benny Morton seated on a window sill wearing a white t-shirt.

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

Benny Morton talking on the telephone

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Benny Morton sitting on the window sill talking on the telephone.

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

Buck Clayton leaning on a fence

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Buck Clayton leaning on a fence wearing two-tone oxfords and a newsboy cap.

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

Buck Clayton on a boardwalk

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Buck Clayton standing on a boardwalk wearing sunglasses and a newsboy cap.

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

Buck Clayton on a New York street with a friend

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Buck Clayton with an unidentified man on the streets of New York.

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

Buck Clayton on his way

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Buck Clayton smiling out of the passenger window of a car, wearing a fedora, with an unidentified driver.

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

Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields

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Buck Clayton seated at a table with, from left to right, Red Richards, Russell "Big Chief" Moore, an unidentified girl, Buster Bailey, Kansas Fields.

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

Buck Clayton standing with a woman in a beautiful home

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Buck Clayton standing next to an unidentified woman in a beautiful home. Buck's wearing a zoot suit and two-tone oxfords.

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

Buck Clayton talking to a lady on the porch

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Buck Clayton bending over to speak with an unidentified African American woman on a porch or balcony.

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

Buck Clayton with another man outside a barrack

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Buck Clayton speaking with an unidentified African American man outside a barracks-type building. Another unidentified African American man in a white...

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

Buck Clayton with his band and fans

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Buck Clayton and band standing with a group of people in a club.

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

Buck Clayton with the WOV DJ, Fred Robbins

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Buck Clayton seated with a WOV disc jockey, Fred Robbins with the WOV microphone between them.

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

Claytons with Joe Lewis

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Buck and Pat Clayton seated at a restaurant dining table with boxer Joe Louis.

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

Count Basie performing

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Count Basie seated at a piano. Likely Jo Jones on drum set behind Count Basie.

Date Published
1931
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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Types

  • photographs (78)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (78)
  • Black & white photographs (75)
  • Snapshots (53)
  • Cityscape photographs (29)
  • Architectural photographs (25)
  • Portrait photographs (21)
  • Group portraits (18)
  • Publicity photographs (5)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Aerial photographs (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (36)
  • African American jazz musicians (34)
  • Buildings (27)
  • African American men (21)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (21)
  • Trumpet players (18)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (16)
  • Men, White (11)
  • Streets (11)
  • African American women (6)
  • Jazz musicians, White (6)
  • Marquees (6)
  • Autographs (5)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (5)
  • Pianists (5)
  • Signs and signboards (5)
  • Bathing beaches (4)
  • Beaches (4)
  • Beachgoers (4)
  • Jazz ensembles (4)
  • Pedestrians (4)
  • Segregated beaches (4)
  • Trombonists (4)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Comedians (2)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Aerial views (1)
  • African American comedians (1)
  • African American dancers (1)
  • African Americans (1)
  • African American soldiers (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Bunting (Cloth) (1)
  • Champagne (Wine) (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Coffee shops (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Disc jockeys (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Flower arrangement (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Jazz radio programs (1)
  • Masters of ceremonies (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Police (1)
  • Porches (1)
  • Revues (1)
  • Roller skates (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Storefronts (1)
  • Street life (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Swimming pools (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Weddings (1)
  • Women comedians (1)
  • Women dancers (1)
  • Women singers (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (15)
  • New York (N.Y.) (6)
  • Atlantic City (N.J.) (4)
  • Missouri Avenue Beach (Atlantic City, N.J.) (4)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Malmédy (Belgium) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (16)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (4)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (4)
  • Clayton, Patricia (2)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (2)
  • Morton, Benny (2)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Berry, Emmett (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Byas, Don (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Duvivier, George (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989 (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Ella (1)
  • Francis, Panama (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Garrison, Arv (1)
  • Garry, Vivien (1)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (1)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (1)
  • Green, Freddie, 1911-1987 (1)
  • Greene, Eddie (1)
  • Jackson, Cliff, 1902-1970 (1)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (1)
  • Jordan, Taft, 1915-1981 (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Lane, Lola (1)
  • LaRue, Jack (1)
  • Lewis, Ed, 1909-1985 (1)
  • Locarra, Tico (1)
  • Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (1)
  • Newman, Joe (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Phillips, Flip (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (1)
  • Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (76)
  • 1931 (2)
  • (-) 1950 (78)

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