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Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac Fleetwood that is parked on the street as he stands with his back to 215 and 217 SE 8th Ave...

Date Published
May-28-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles at the camera as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot publicity photograph.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, head-shot photograph.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles in a close-up, head-shot photograph. Only the peg box, neck, and upper bout of his fiddle are visible in the lower...

Date Published
1971
1975
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes and grimaces as he pulls the bow across the strings of his fiddle in a close-up, publicity photograph. A...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams rests his right foot on a low brick wall and leans his left elbow on his bent knee as he smiles into the camera for a...

Date Published
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands and smiles at the camera as he draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle in a publicity photograph.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams from his right side, smiles as he draws the bow across the strings of his fiddle. He wears a tuxedo and bow tie. Printed in...

Date Published
1991
1995
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a publicity photograph

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams from his left side, smiles forward as he holds his fiddle waist high with his left hand. A open lid of a grand piano is...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams in a tuxedo with a bandaged finger

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table wearing a light-colored tuxedo with a bow tie and a boutonniere. He holds out his left hand and smiles as if...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is happy about his 95th birthday cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as someone holds his 95th birthday cake in front of his chest. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented a cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, stands and smiles holding his fiddle as an unidentified white woman stands beside him...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with a birthday cake

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white...

Date Published
February-11-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with the 1998 Master Artist Award

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams and an unidentified white man stand in front of a sculpted bust of President George Washington in the White House in...

Date Published
1998
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is wearing his Santa Claus socks

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends forward in an easy chair to point at the Santa Claus head that is embroidered on the side of his sock. The words "Ho...

Date Published
December-25-2000
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams jams with two guitarists

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits a bit sideways in a folding chair jamming with two seated, unidentified white male guitarists. Someone stands on the...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams leans as he plays his amplified fiddle

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly to the right as he plays his fiddle with an amplification cord from the fiddle to the power source on the...

Date Published
1996
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams leaves impressions of his handprints for the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he kneels outdoors by a frame of cement and pushes his gloved hands into the cement to leave an impression for the...

Date Published
1997
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, sits on the edge of an upholstered chair with a quilt cover over it and looks at the camera in a living room setting. He...

Date Published
January-17-2003
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he sits on a piano bench holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall...

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at the camera as he stands by a piano holding a beverage wrapped in a napkin. An African mask hangs on the wall behind...

Date Published
April-12-2001
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down as he plays his fiddle. He wears a large-checked suit jacket with wide lapels.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his fiddle as he performs

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at the strings of his fiddle as he draws his bow across them in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the...

Date Published
1999
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his table in the Blue Room

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at something on the table he is sitting at in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine...

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

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  • Fiddlers

Member of

  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (223)
  • Betty Crow Collection (32)
  • Evie Quarles Collection (19)
  • Ahmad Alaadeen Collection (10)
  • Grand Emporium Collection (3)
  • Children's Mercy Hospital Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (290)

Genres

  • Color photographs (246)
  • Group portraits (169)
  • Portrait photographs (96)
  • Snapshots (46)
  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Publicity photographs (14)
  • Photocopies (7)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (51)
  • 2001-2010 (10)
  • 1961-1970 (3)
  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1971-1980 (1)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (268)
  • African American jazz musicians (267)
  • African American men (234)
  • Men, White (131)
  • Jazz musicians, White (108)
  • Double bassists (104)
  • Guitarists (69)
  • Saxophonists (57)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (42)
  • Trumpet players (37)
  • Violinists (29)
  • Women, White (28)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (26)
  • Keyboard players (25)
  • Pianists (21)
  • Trombonists (20)
  • African American women (19)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (19)
  • Music fans (18)
  • Music audiences (17)
  • Auditoriums (12)
  • Jazz singers (12)
  • Bow ties (10)
  • Jazz festivals (10)
  • Musicians' spouses (9)
  • Blues musicians (8)
  • Harmonica players (8)
  • Schools (8)
  • Women singers (8)
  • Birthdays (7)
  • African American high school students (6)
  • British (6)
  • Blues festivals (5)
  • Mandolinists (5)
  • Music festivals (5)
  • Violin (5)
  • Banjoists (4)
  • Birthday cakes (4)
  • Country musicians (4)
  • African American guitarists (3)
  • African American women jazz singers (3)
  • Bass guitarists (3)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Bowler hats (3)
  • Concerts (3)
  • Older people (3)
  • Older women (3)
  • Wheelchairs (3)
  • Audiences (2)
  • Autographs (2)
  • Awards (2)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Birthday parties (2)
  • Bluegrass musicians (2)
  • Bottleneck (Guitar playing) (2)
  • Boutonnieres (2)
  • Children--Hospital care (2)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Hospital patients (2)
  • Jukeboxes (2)
  • Masters of ceremonies (2)
  • Older men (2)
  • Photographers (2)
  • Piano (2)
  • Pictures (2)
  • Restaurants (2)
  • Vests (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American Muslims (1)
  • African American teenage boys (1)
  • Art (1)
  • Art museums (1)
  • Balloons (1)
  • Bandages and bandaging (1)
  • Banjo (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Black Muslims (1)
  • Bouquets (1)
  • Breakfasts (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christmas (1)
  • City council members (1)
  • Civil rights workers (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Cowboys (1)
  • Cuff links (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Dressing rooms (Performing arts) (1)
  • Entertainers (1)
  • Folk musicians (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Halls of fame (1)
  • Handshaking (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Hospital beds (1)
  • Laughter (1)
  • Male musicians (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Music--Awards (1)
  • Music-halls (1)
  • Musical instruments (1)
  • Musicians, Cajun (1)
  • Music students (1)
  • Music teachers (1)
  • Negro leagues (1)
  • Nurses (1)
  • Organists (1)
  • Percussionists (1)
  • Plaques, plaquettes (1)
  • Promoters (1)
  • Rings (1)
  • Socks (1)
  • Teenage boys (1)
  • (-) Fiddlers (290)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (84)
  • 18th and Vine District (17)
  • Washington (D.C.) (13)
  • St. Louis (Mo.) (11)
  • Boca Raton (Fla.) (7)
  • Detroit (Mich.) (5)
  • New York (N.Y.) (4)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (3)
  • Birmingham (England) (2)
  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (2)
  • Forty-first Street (New York, N.Y.) (2)
  • Muskogee (Okla.) (2)
  • Burns (Tenn.) (1)
  • Monterey (Calif.) (1)
  • Salina (Kan.) (1)
  • San Diego (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (265)
  • Holloway, Larry (Double bassist) (20)
  • Barefield, A. Spencer (15)
  • Gabriel, Charlie, 1932- (14)
  • Pliskow, Dan, 1923-2015 (14)
  • Belgrave, Marcus (13)
  • Betts, Keter (13)
  • Pizzarelli, Bucky (12)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (11)
  • Kessler, Stan (10)
  • Wilder, Joe (10)
  • Williams, Blanche Fouse (9)
  • Clark, Tyrone (Bassist) (8)
  • May, Earl, 1927-2008 (8)
  • Turner, Julie (Singer) (8)
  • Watson, Bobby, 1953- (8)
  • Albright, James (Double bassist) (7)
  • Masso, George (7)
  • McBeth, Ida (7)
  • Newman, David, 1933-2009 (7)
  • BIssonette, Big Bill (6)
  • Clarke, Chris (Pianist) (6)
  • Higgins, Eddie, 1932-2009 (6)
  • Spaits, Gerald (6)
  • Abshire, Steve (5)
  • Dodgion, Jerry (5)
  • Fleeman, Rod (5)
  • Henry, Lisa (Vocalist) (5)
  • McShann, Jay (5)
  • Ross, Richard (Vocalist) (5)
  • Saunders, Eddie (5)
  • Bowman, Bob (Bassist) (4)
  • Harris, Isaac Jerome (4)
  • Long, Russ, 1937-2006 (4)
  • Bartee, Al (3)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (3)
  • Cartwright, Joe (Pianist) (3)
  • Colombo, Lou (3)
  • Dunn, Gerald (3)
  • Jarvis, Jane (3)
  • Kynard, Ben, 1920-2012 (3)
  • Locke, Eddie (3)
  • Long, Russ (3)
  • Moore, Mary (3)
  • Powell, Benny (3)
  • Tate, Buddy (3)
  • Williams, David, 1946- (3)
  • Wurtzel, BIll (3)
  • Young, Lionel (3)
  • Baker, Eddie, 1927- (2)
  • Blake, John, 1947-2014 (2)
  • Brooks, Alvin L., 1932- (2)
  • Jacquet, Illinois (2)
  • Kenner, Sonny, 1933-2001 (2)
  • Ning, Mike (2)
  • Park, Kim (2)
  • Ruskin, Tommy (2)
  • Smith, Frank, 1932-1999 (2)
  • Strait, Todd (2)
  • Williams, Joe, 1918-1999 (2)
  • Bell, Aaron, 1922-2003 (1)
  • Benson, George, 1943- (1)
  • Butler, Henry (Pianist) (1)
  • Carter, Regina (1)
  • Coleman, Ginny (1)
  • Crenshaw, Roscoe (1)
  • Dennis, Debbie (1)
  • Dunbar, Ted, 1937-1998 (1)
  • Ellis, Betse (1)
  • Falah, Tayammum (1)
  • Faye, Andra (1)
  • Fitzgerald, Michael D. (1)
  • Fontenot, Allen (1)
  • Gawron, Nate (1)
  • Gilbert, Millage (1)
  • Glaser, Matt (1)
  • Hall, Regina (1)
  • Hamza, Luqman (1)
  • Hicks, Bryan (1)
  • Hoard, J. Henry (John Henry), 1918-2010 (1)
  • Krauss, Alison, 1971- (1)
  • Leary, Washboard Chaz (1)
  • Leonard, Jerry (Electric bass player) (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Lotozo, J. T. (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • McShann, Marianne (1)
  • Naber, Roger (1)
  • Nasser, Jamil (1)
  • O'Neil, Buck, 1911-2006 (1)
  • Oskar, Lee (1)
  • Pearson, Al (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Shelton, Ike (1)
  • Solberg, Dick (1)
  • Terry, Clark (1)
  • Tucker, Rusty, 1925-2006 (1)
  • Vest, Elsa (1)
  • Wade, Phil (1)
  • Watson, Robert, 1953- (1)

Events

  • "Cultural Exchanges: Jazz and Missouri Fiddling" (2001) (5)
  • 21-Sax Salute (Kansas City, Mo.) (3)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (2000) (3)
  • K.C. Blues & Jazz After Fest Jam (1999) (2)
  • Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival (1999) (2)
  • Living Blues Party (2000) (2)
  • 18th & Vine Gala “Ellington at 99: Livin’ on the Vine” (1998 : Kansas City, Mo.) (1)
  • Blues Masters at the Crossroads (4th : 2001 : Salina, Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (2000) (1)
  • Mark O'Connor Fiddle Conference (1)

Date Published

  • 1991 (71)
  • 2000 (58)
  • 1981 (19)
  • 1990 (18)
  • 1998 (14)
  • 1980 (11)
  • 1999-06-16 (11)
  • 2001-09-15 (11)
  • 1971 (10)
  • 1995 (10)
  • 2003-02-11 (9)
  • 1992-10 (8)
  • 1999 (8)
  • 2001-04-08 (8)
  • 2000-05-16 (7)
  • 2001-02-19 (7)
  • 2001-04-10 (7)
  • 2003-02-10 (7)
  • 1991-10 (6)
  • 1992-09 (5)
  • 2001-04-12 (5)
  • 2001-08-11 (5)
  • 1994 (4)
  • 2001-04-13 (4)
  • 1985 (3)
  • 1999-07-17 (3)
  • 1999-10-12 (3)
  • 1999-10-16 (3)
  • 2000-02-21 (3)
  • 2000-05-28 (3)
  • 2000-11-17 (3)
  • 1961 (2)
  • 1970 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1993-10-01 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1999-04-01 (2)
  • 1999-07-18 (2)
  • 1999-10-13 (2)
  • 2000-01-22 (2)
  • 2000-07-21 (2)
  • 2000-11-16 (2)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1967-10-31 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1981-08-01 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1991-02-22 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994-02 (1)
  • 1998-08-05 (1)
  • 1998-09-11 (1)
  • 1999-07-16 (1)
  • 1999-08-06 (1)
  • 1999-11-29 (1)
  • 2000-02-22 (1)
  • 2000-04-15 (1)
  • 2000-05-13 (1)
  • 2000-07-20 (1)
  • 2000-07-22 (1)
  • 2000-07-23 (1)
  • 2000-12-25 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2001-04-14 (1)
  • 2001-09-29 (1)
  • 2001-10-12 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003-01-17 (1)
  • 2003-10-25 (1)
  • 2004 (1)

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