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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

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, 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

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
Member of
Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom
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  • African American women
  • Shanghai (China)

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (6)
  • Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom (1)

Types

  • photographs (4)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (6)
  • Gelatin silver prints (6)
  • Group portraits (5)
  • Clippings (2)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Menus (1)
  • Pamphlets (1)
  • Scrapbooks (1)
  • Theater programs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (7)
  • African American men (7)
  • Jazz musicians (7)
  • Entertainers (5)
  • Rickshaws (2)
  • Ballrooms (1)
  • Big bands (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Menus (1)
  • Travelers (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) African American women (7)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (1)
  • (-) Shanghai (China) (7)

Subjects, People

  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (6)
  • Clayton, Derb (6)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (3)
  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (3)
  • Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician) (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • McCutcheon, Joe (1)
  • Roberts, Caughey (1)

Date Published

  • 1937 (6)
  • 1934 (5)
  • 1934-07-08 (1)

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