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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's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Basie band, Basie on piano, on a stage with a large drawing of a show girl behind them.

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

In the spotlight

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Buck Clayton in the spotlight about to perform with an unnamed big band behind him.

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

Outside the Colonial Tavern in Toronto

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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

Outside the Tic-Toc

Image

Exterior shot of the Tic-Toc advertising a performance by Buck Clayton and his band.

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

Playing in Count Basie's band

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Buck Clayton performing with the Count Basie's band.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1950
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (16)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (16)
  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Architectural photographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (14)
  • Jazz musicians (14)
  • Trumpet players (13)
  • African American men (8)
  • Men, White (5)
  • African American women (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (2)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Dinners and dining (1)
  • Disc jockeys (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Jazz radio programs (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music fans (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Porches (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Bailey, Buster (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Clayton, Patricia (1)
  • Fields, Kansas (1)
  • Louis, Joe, 1914-1981 (1)
  • Moore, Russell, 1912-1983 (1)
  • Richards, Red (1)
  • Robbins, Fred, 1919-1992 (1)
  • (-) Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (16)

Date Published

  • 1941 (16)
  • (-) 1950 (16)

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