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Bon Voyage to Shanghai

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Duke Ellington

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Copy of a signed portrait of Duke Ellington.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Duke Ellington whispers in a friend's ear

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Duke Ellington bending over to whisper in an unidentified woman's ear sitting at an outdoor table.

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

Photo album page of Buck and the band in China with a signed Duke Ellington portrait

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Buck Clayton standing in white suit with handwritten caption "Tropical"; signed "To Buck Clayton Best Wishes Duke Ellington" portrait of Duke...

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

Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing...

Date Published
March-05-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Member of

  • (-) Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (5)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (5)
  • Gelatin silver prints (5)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • African American men (4)
  • African American women (3)
  • Entertainers (3)
  • Bridegrooms (1)
  • Brides (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Ocean travel (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Rickshaws (1)
  • Weddings (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Shanghai (China) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (3)
  • Clayton, Derb (3)
  • Greggs, Napoleon P. (1)
  • (-) Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (5)

Date Published

  • 1934 (3)
  • 1934-03-05 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1960 (1)

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