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All about the fight at the Canidrome

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Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen on the Canidrome Ballroom Stage, November 6th, No date; likely 1934

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Portrait of Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom; Shanghai, China. Teddy Buckner, Joe McCutchin, Reginald Jones, Arcima...

Date Published
November-06-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome Ballroom with an "X" where the fight took place.

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Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing before an audience at the Canidrome Ballroom with an "X" and a dotted line following where the fight...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Canidrome Ballroom with Mort Ruby pointed out

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Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing as people dance at the Canidrome Ballroom. Mort Ruby with an arrow is written on the picture...

Date Published
1934
1937
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

Photo album page of Buck Clayton and Derb in Hawaii

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Derb with Sonny Lewis titled "Sunshine Kids"; Derb with an unidentified person titled "Hotcha" & Derb; Derb in a grass skirt titled "The Hulu Gal"...

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

Photo album page of Buck Clayton in Shanghai with friends

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Buck Clayton standing in white suit and skull cap; Joe McCutcheon and Baby Lewis with an unidentified Asian man, and Buck Clayton's head just out of...

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

Photo album page of Buck Clayton on the streets of Shanghai with other musicians

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Earl West on a rickshaw with a Asian rickshaw driver; Earl West on a rickshaw with a Asian rickshaw driver. The photo is double exposed; Buck standing...

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

Photo album page of Buck, Derb, Tommy, and Sonny in China

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Derb with Sonny Lewis; members of the band; Buck with Tamara Lewis; Derb with Tamara Lewis; Derb with an unidentified Asian man with a bicycle; Buck...

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

Photo album page of Derb and the band in Shanghai, China

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Caricature of Teddy Weatherford on newsprint signed by Eveleigh; Tamara Lewis with Caughey Roberts; Tamara Lewis with Sonny Lewis and a sister; The...

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

Photo album page of interesting people Buck and Derb met in China

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Derb with an unidentified woman (photo is overexposed); Buck Clayton on the ship, President Hoover; an unidentified smiling Asian man in a uniform...

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

Photo album page the trip from Shanghai to Honolulu

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A person diving from the side of a ship beside a lifeboat captioned "Joe E. Brown taking picture"; People on a pier waving captioned "Leaving Honolulu...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page with photos and newspaper clippings from China

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A torn photo of Buck Clayton's sister, Margery and Clarence; Jimmie Carson and a band on a rooftop; Mrs. Percu leaning on a fence in front of a...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Program from the Canidrome Ballroom - Derby Clayton

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Entertainment program and menu from the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai, China. Program performer information: Mistress of Ceremonies, Ursula Preston...

Date Published
July-08-1934
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Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom

Program from the Canidrome Ballroom - Teddy Weatherford presenting Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen

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Entertainment program and menu from the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai, China. Program performer information: Mistress of Ceremonies, Ursula Preston...

Date Published
July-02-1934
Member of
Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom

Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom

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Entertainment programs and menus from the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai, China. Program performer information: Mistress of Ceremonies, Ursula Preston...

Date Published
July-02-1934
July-08-1934
Member of
Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom

Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom

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Entertainment programs and menus from the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai, China. Program performer information: Mistress of Ceremonies, Ursula Preston...

Date Published
July-02-1934
July-08-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
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  • Jazz musicians
  • Shanghai (China)

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  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (15)
  • Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom (3)

Types

  • photographs (11)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (14)
  • Gelatin silver prints (14)
  • Group portraits (9)
  • Menus (4)
  • Pamphlets (4)
  • Theater programs (4)
  • Clippings (3)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Scrapbooks (2)
  • Caricatures (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (5)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (18)
  • African American men (11)
  • African American women (7)
  • Big bands (7)
  • Ballrooms (6)
  • Entertainers (6)
  • Menus (4)
  • African American women entertainers (3)
  • Rickshaws (3)
  • Travelers (3)
  • Ballroom dancing (1)
  • Beggars (1)
  • Celebrities (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Ocean travel (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Jazz musicians (18)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (2)
  • (-) Shanghai (China) (18)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (14)
  • Clayton, Derb (10)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (6)
  • Beal, Eddie, 1910-1984 (3)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (3)
  • Roberts, Caughey (3)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (2)
  • Johnson, Happy (2)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (2)
  • Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (1)
  • Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • McCutcheon, Joe (1)
  • Ruby, Mort (1)
  • West, Earl (1)

Date Published

  • 1937 (12)
  • 1934 (9)
  • 1934-07-02 (3)
  • 1934-07-08 (3)
  • 1934-11-06 (1)

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