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Bon Voyage to Shanghai

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton surrounded by a group of people including Duke Ellington, in front of a ship in California.

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton's wedding

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton's being married at Paramount Studios; Hollywood, California; Surrounded by actors, musicians, and the Cotton...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page including a Boston Terrier and a few photos in their wedding clothes

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Pantages Theatre marquee with Buck Clayton as a performer; Buck Clayton with unidentified man boxing; Buck Clayton holding Derb still in their wedding...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page mostly of Buck and Derb in Hawaii

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Buck and Derb with members of the band "A bunch at Hawaiians"; Buck and Derb with members of the band "Arriving in Honolulu"; Derb with three...

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

Photo album page of Buck and Derb on their way to China

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Derb on the S.S. President Hoover; Duke Ellington playing trumpet for Derb and Buck on their wedding day titled "A big bunch of Jibe" (A la Louie)...

Date Published
1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Photo album page of Buck and Derb playing tennis

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Buck about to serve in tennis standing by the court net; an Asian man pulling a double rickshaw with two African American men on board, the first man...

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, 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 Buck, the band, wives, and dancers in Shanghai, China

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Buck and Derb kissing while leaning on a fence with Buck peeking at the photographer; Derb with a racially diverse group of people; Buck leaning his...

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 Derb in Honolulu

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Derb in evening gown and smoking "Mrs. Clayton, Please"; Derb with an unidentified group of people beside a horse and carriage "At the Pier"; Derb in...

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

Photo album page of photos mostly of Derb in China

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Derb and Tamara Lewis in a rickshaw with an Asian driver; an unidentified group of people with Derb and Tamara around and on a rickshaw; Derb and...

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

Photo album page of photos mostly taken in Hawaii and a couple of photos from China

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Boy with a surfboard; an unidentified man, possibly Jack Bratton; Derb with an unidentified woman and the boy with his surfboard; Buck Clayton beside...

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

Photo album page of the ship to Honolulu and a few tourist sites

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Two unidentified men "Savage Serenade"; two members of the band, possibly Teddy Buckner and Duke Upshaw, "Two Brass Masters"; "Derb in Honolulu"...

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

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

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

Wedding photo of Carl, Derb, and Buck

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Carl Brisson shaking hands with Derb, with Buck Clayton looking on, on Buck's and Derb's wedding day, in a Paramount Pictures lot. Side 1 of 2-sided...

Date Published
March-05-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Wedding photo of Rev. Greggs, Duke Ellington, Derb, and Buck

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Gladys "Derb" Henderson and Buck Clayton standing with Reverend Napoleon P. Greggs, in the lot of Paramount Pictures. Duke Ellington is standing...

Date Published
March-05-1934
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991
  • Clayton, Derb

Member of

  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (20)
  • Two programs from the Canidrome Ballroom (3)

Types

  • photographs (18)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (19)
  • Gelatin silver prints (19)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Menus (4)
  • Pamphlets (4)
  • Theater programs (4)
  • Caricatures (1)
  • Clippings (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1931-1940 (4)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (23)
  • Jazz musicians (23)
  • African American women (14)
  • African American men (12)
  • Entertainers (11)
  • African American women entertainers (8)
  • Travelers (6)
  • Rickshaws (5)
  • Ballrooms (4)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Menus (4)
  • Bridegrooms (3)
  • Brides (3)
  • Ocean travel (3)
  • Weddings (3)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Band directors (1)
  • Beggars (1)
  • Boston terrier (1)
  • Celebrities (1)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Clergy (1)
  • Honeymoons (1)
  • Men (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Shanghai (China) (10)
  • Honolulu (Hawaii) (4)
  • Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) (3)
  • China (2)
  • Hawaii (2)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945 (5)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (3)
  • Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (2)
  • Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer) (2)
  • Brisson, Carl, 1893-1958 (1)
  • Buckner, Teddy, 1909-1994 (1)
  • Greggs, Napoleon P. (1)
  • Lewis, Happy (1)
  • Myers, Bumps, 1912-1968 (1)
  • Roberts, Caughey (1)
  • Tilden, William T. (William Tatem), 1893-1953 (1)
  • Wills, Helen, 1905-1998 (1)
  • (-) Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (23)
  • (-) Clayton, Derb (23)

Date Published

  • 1934 (16)
  • 1937 (13)
  • 1934-07-02 (3)
  • 1934-07-08 (3)
  • 1934-03-05 (2)

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