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3 Deuces Club

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3 Deuces marquee advertising a performance by Coleman Hawkins as well as the Tiny Grimes Trio.

Date Published
1947
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

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

Arc De Triomphe

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L'Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Arc De Triomphe

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L'Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Booker T. Hotel on Vine Street in Kansas City

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Exterior view of the Booker T. Hotel at 1821 Vine Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1936
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Bored gargoyle

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Notre Dame's famously bored gargoyle.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Brown Chapel A.M.E.

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Exterior shot of the Brown Chapel A.M.E. in Parsons, Kansas.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck posing with the bored gargoyle

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Buck Clayton standing in front of the bored gargoyle atop Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

Date Published
1961
1970
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome yards

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The Canidrome race track gate building, Shanghai, China.

Date Published
1934
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Club Downbeat

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Club Downbeat marquee at night advertising a performance of Dizzy Gillespie and a poster advertising a performance of the Barbara Carroll Trio.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Crowd outside a theater

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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

Detail from the Arc de Triomphe

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Statue of Napoleon from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Dunbar Hotel in Los Angeles

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Exterior view of the Dunbar Hotel in Los Angele's Little Harlem from across the street; three cars, bunting, and ads for Ex-lax can be seen.

Date Published
1928
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Gargoyles of Notre Dame

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Gargoyles, one about to eat a chicken, atop the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Hunter College of New York

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Exterior view of Hunter College, New York City.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Station

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Exterior shot of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Station in Parsons, Kansas.

Date Published
1921
1930
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton 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

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 Lowe's Penn Theater

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A theater marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason; theater street sign reads Loew's Penn.; in Pittsburgh at 6th and Penn.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

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  • (-) Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (53)

Types

  • photographs (53)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (53)
  • Snapshots (51)
  • Black & white photographs (50)
  • Cityscape photographs (48)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Aerial photographs (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • (-) Architectural photographs (53)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (10)

Subjects

  • Buildings (38)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (27)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (16)
  • Streets (14)
  • Marquees (11)
  • Signs and signboards (10)
  • Cathedrals (6)
  • Gargoyles (4)
  • Motion picture theaters (4)
  • Pedestrians (4)
  • Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) (3)
  • Automobiles (3)
  • Hotels (3)
  • National monuments (3)
  • Triumphal arches (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Bridges (2)
  • Bunting (Cloth) (2)
  • Railroad tracks (2)
  • Stone bridges (2)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Aerial views (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Apartment houses (1)
  • Architecture, Domestic (1)
  • Bank buildings (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Coffee shops (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Dog racing (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Dwellings--Maintenance and repair (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Hydrants (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Neon signs (1)
  • Railroad stations (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Universities and colleges (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) (14)
  • New York (N.Y.) (10)
  • Paris (France) (9)
  • Parsons (Kan.) (3)
  • Cahors (France) (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) (1)
  • Shanghai (China) (1)
  • Toronto (Ont.) (1)
  • Vine Street (1)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 (3)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (3)
  • Bradna, Olympe, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Carlisle, Mary, 1912- (2)
  • Milland, Ray (2)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Brown, Olive, 1922-1981 (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (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)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Kaye, Teddy (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (25)
  • 1950 (25)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1921 (2)
  • 1930 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1928 (1)
  • 1934 (1)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)

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