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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

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

Barney Moss and Buck Clayton in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room

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Barney Moss wearing a camera and holding a flash with Buck Clayton holding his trumpet standing outside of Connolly's Star Dust Room with Buck Clayton...

Date Published
June-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room

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Buck Clayton standing in front of his marquee in front of Connolly's Star Dust Room; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date Published
June-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton with three others in front of the Connolly's Star Dust Room's marquee

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Buck Clayton with three band members, one unidentified African American man, the others are possibly Buddy Tate and Sir Charles Thompson, standing in...

Date Published
June-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Connolly's Star Dust Room

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Connolly's Star Dust Room with Buck Clayton on the marquee; Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date Published
June-1964
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

Entrance to a concert venue

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Entrance to a pavilion advertising in French, German and English a performance of Humphrey Lyttelton and Buck Clayton; Clayton's name is spelled...

Date Published
1964
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

Outside the Chicago Theatre

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The Chicago Theatre marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason with Tyrone Power in Chicago.

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

Outside the Paramount

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Evening shot of the neon signs of the Paramount Theatre marquee in Times Square advertising performances by Count Basie & Band, Sister Tharpe and a...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the Paramount

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Evening shot of the neon signs of the Paramount Theatre marquee in Times Square advertising performances by Count Basie & Band, Buck & Bubbles, Sister...

Date Published
1938
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Outside the RKO Theater

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An RKO Theater marquee advertising a performance of Jackie Gleason and his TV Show in New York.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • (-) Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (16)

Types

  • photographs (16)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (16)
  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Cityscape photographs (13)
  • Snapshots (12)
  • Architectural photographs (11)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Subjects

  • Buildings (11)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (8)
  • Signs and signboards (6)
  • Motion picture theaters (4)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American men (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Streets (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Nightclubs (2)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Concerts (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Photographers (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • (-) Marquees (16)

Subjects, Geographic

  • New York (N.Y.) (6)
  • Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) (4)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (5)
  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (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)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Moss, Bernie, 1908-1988 (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Tate, Buddy (1)
  • Thompson, Sir Charles, 1918- (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Date Published

  • 1941 (6)
  • 1950 (6)
  • 1964-06 (4)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1960 (3)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1964 (1)

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