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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

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

Series of three photographs of Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Blanche Williams blowing up modeling balloons

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In a series of three photographs, Claude "Fiddler" Williams blows up a modeling balloon as he is in a big crowd. Blanche Williams blows up a modeling...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection
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  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (9)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Color photographs (7)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (1)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (10)
  • African American men (10)
  • African American women (10)
  • Jazz musicians (10)
  • Fiddlers (9)
  • Bow ties (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Music fans (2)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Blues festivals (1)
  • Jazz festivals (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music audiences (1)
  • Music festivals (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Racially mixed children (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Violinists (1)
  • (-) Musicians' spouses (10)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (5)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (9)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer IV (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • (-) Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (10)

Events

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

Date Published

  • 1999-06-16 (2)
  • 2001-02-19 (2)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1980 (1)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2000-07-21 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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