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Ahmad Alaadeen and Fanny Dunfee

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Ahmad Alaadeen and Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee seated together smiling at the photographer.

Date Published
1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Barbara and Spencer Barefield

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Barbara and Spencer Barefield stand arm-in-arm with their heads together to smile at the camera as they stand in a yard in front of a wooden fence...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Barbara, Spencer IV, and A. Spencer Barefield

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The Barefield family: Barbara, A. Spencer IV, and A. Spencer, stand together in a yard in front of a wooden fence and smile at the camera. The parents...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Barefield family pet a Saint Bernard

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Barbara and A. Spencer Barefield bend over to pet each end of a Saint Bernard as their son, 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV, stands between them...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blanche Williams and Sherman Sharpe, Jr. of the Harlequin Café

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Blanche Williams stands among the restaurant's tables with the chef of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A wall...

Date Published
April-13-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Blanche Williams' husband, Claude "Fiddler" Williams

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In a double photograph, Claude "Fiddler" Williams' promotional photograph on the left of him holding up his fiddle with the body on a table he is...

Date Published
2001
2004
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Buck Clayton, Sally Tokashiki Young, and Trummy Young

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Buck Clayton, Sally Tokashiki Young, and Trummy Young stand in front of a crowd, smiling at the photographer.

Date Published
September-1975
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand on either side of A. Spencer Barefield IV

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams stand on either side of 14-year-old A. Spencer Barefield IV. The tops of their heads are out of the top...

Date Published
April-14-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams at the Levee, sitting with his wife, Blanche

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a break from performing at the Levee Bar & Grill on 43rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri, by sitting at a table with...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoying himself in the Blue Room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City...

Date Published
February-19-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

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On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends...

Date Published
February-19-2001
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 "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams and Mike Fitzgerald at the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, wearing a fedora and holding a violin and bow in his left hand, waves as Mike Fitzgerald hands him the Jazz Ambassador...

Date Published
July-21-2000
Member of
Evie Quarles Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, Blanche Williams, and Buck O'Neil visit in front of a food truck

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams turns his head to look at the camera as he stands in front of a food truck with his wife, Blanche, smiling and standing in...

Date Published
September-29-2001
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

Claudia Battestini, Ben Kenyard, and Marianne McShann posing for a photo

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Claudia Battestini, Ben Kenyard, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing and posing together for a photo in somone's living room; all looking at...

Date Published
April-10-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Fanny Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen with a couple of fans

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Victoria "Fanny" Dunfee and Ahmad Alaadeen posing for a photo with an unidentified Japanese man (left) and an unidentified African American man (right...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection

Gloria McShann with Jay and Marianne McShann and unidentified man and woman

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Gloria McShann, Jay McShann, unidentified white man and white woman, and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) standing around a podium at an unknown event...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann

Image

Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) and Jay McShann seated side by side at an outdoor event; Jay is wearing a white hat and holding a cane; both looking...

Date Published
July-2004
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann on a couch talking with an unidentified African American woman

Image

Jay McShann, Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) seated on a couch talking with an unidentified African American woman; Jay is holding a metal cane in one...

Date Published
2001
2010
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann outside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), and Jay McShann posing for a photo together outside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in the 18th and Vine district...

Date Published
August-21-1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann seated at a table during an event

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Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and an unidentified African American woman holding a plaque seated at round dining table during an...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann sitting side by side

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Jay McShann and Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams) sitting side by side; Marianne is holding a paper cup with the Pepsi logo on it; Jay is wearing a...

Date Published
1991
2000
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann with Ahmad Alaadeen and Denyse Walcott outside the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

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Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Denyse Walcott, Jay McShann, and Ahmad Alaadeen posing in a line together for a photo outside the Negro Leagues...

Date Published
August-21-1996
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Jay and Marianne McShann with Gloria McShann

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Marianne McShann (Thelma Adams), Jay McShann, and Gloria McShann standing beside a painting of Jay McShann; Gloria is wearing a bright red coat with...

Date Published
November-09-1997
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

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Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (13)
  • Jay McShann Collection (9)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (27)

Genres

  • Color photographs (23)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Snapshots (13)
  • Black & white photographs (4)
  • Gelatin silver prints (4)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (9)
  • 2001-2010 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (25)
  • Jazz musicians (25)
  • African American women (16)
  • Women, White (15)
  • Fiddlers (9)
  • Hats (4)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Music fans (3)
  • Racially mixed children (3)
  • Teenage boys (3)
  • Trumpet players (3)
  • Bow ties (2)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Families (2)
  • Fur garments (2)
  • Guitarists (2)
  • Museums (2)
  • Saxophonists (2)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (2)
  • Women's clothing (2)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cooks (1)
  • Handbags (1)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Japanese American women (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Living rooms (1)
  • Married people (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Painting (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Portrait painting, American (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Sofas (1)
  • Soft drinks (1)
  • Trombonists (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) African American men (27)
  • (-) Musicians' spouses (27)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (7)
  • 18th and Vine District (2)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (2)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (1)
  • Paris (France) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (10)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (10)
  • McShann, Marianne (9)
  • McShann, Jay (8)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (3)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (3)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer IV (3)
  • Barefield, Barbara (3)
  • Blue, Gloria McShann, 1929-2011 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Dunfee, Victoria (Fanny) (2)
  • Baker, Marie (1)
  • Battestini, Claudia (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Kenyard, Ben (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Sharpe, Sherman, Jr., 1955- (1)
  • Walcott, Denyse (1)
  • Young, Sally Tokashiki (1)
  • Young, Trummy (1)

Events

  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (1)

Date Published

  • 2001-04-14 (4)
  • 1991 (2)
  • 1996-08-21 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1997-11-09 (2)
  • 1999-06-16 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 2001-02-19 (2)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1975-09 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1981 (1)
  • 1990 (1)
  • 1997-04-10 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001-04-13 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2004-07 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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