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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly as he plays his fiddle at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly and smiles slightly as he stands on stage and looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a tuxedo with a bandaged finger

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table wearing a light-colored tuxedo with a bow tie and a boutonniere. He holds out his left hand and smiles as if...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle center stage as he performs as part of a quartet of unidentified African American male jazz musicians...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams dips his head and closes his eyes as he draws his bow across the strings in a close up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings in a close-up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage and looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays at the Merging Generations Concert

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the body of his fiddle as he draws the bow across the strings in a close-up photograph during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks to the audience

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage speaking into a microphone as he holds his fiddle and bow waist high during the Merging Generations Concert...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands with friends and family

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands with friends and family in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri during the Merging...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude and Blanche with another couple at the Merging Generations Concert

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand in the middle of another couple and smile for a photograph in the lobby of the Sheldon Concert...

Date Published
June-16-1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Curtis Peagler playing saxophone

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Curtis Peagler playing saxophone and facing the right of the photo; he's wearing a black leather jacket, red bow tie, and sunglasses; at the Jazz...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Curtis Peagler seated

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Curtis Peagler seated in a chair by a light blue wall and facing the left of the photo; wearing a black shirt and red bow tie; at the Jazz Showcase in...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Dinky Morris speaking with another man

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Dinky Morris (right) speaking with an unidentified African American man (left) wearing a black suit and bow tie; Morris is wearing a red vest and...

Date Published
June-1989
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Drag king at the Colony Club

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Unidentified white drag king standing by the tile wall outside of the Colony Club in Kansas City; he's wearing black pants and a white suit jacket...

Date Published
November-1965
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection
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  • Color photographs
  • Bow ties

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (10)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (14)

Genres

  • Portrait photographs (10)
  • Group portraits (4)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Slides (1)
  • (-) Color photographs (14)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (13)
  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • African American men (11)
  • Fiddlers (10)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Musicians' spouses (2)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects (1)
  • Black leather jackets (1)
  • Boutonnieres (1)
  • Chairs (1)
  • Conversation (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Double bassists (1)
  • Drag kings (1)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (1)
  • Gay bars (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Lesbians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • Saxophone (1)
  • Sunglasses (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Bow ties (14)

Subjects, Community

  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • St. Louis (Mo.) (9)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (10)
  • Peagler, Curtis (2)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Morris, Dinky (1)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (1)

Date Published

  • 1999-06-16 (9)
  • 1989-06 (3)
  • 1965-11 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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