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Band warms up

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In Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, faces away from the...

Date Published
April-13-2001
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

Bridget, Louise, and Darnella visit Sportree Reed's Music Bar

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Three African American women, Bridget, Louise and Darnella, smile at the photographer as they are seated at a counter at Sportree Reed's Music Bar...

Date Published
September-01-1948
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits with the audience at an event

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the farthest left side of the photograph. A pink and blue rabbit head wearing a bow tie is a picture...

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

Claude "Fiddler" Williams' trio entertains at a café

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams, fiddle, and Spencer Barefield, jazz guitar, sit beside Dan Pliskow, double bass, as they perform from the corner of a...

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

Dan Pliskow and Spencer Barefield perform in a barista bar

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Dan Pliskow, double bass, sits on a tall stool and plucks the string of his bass as he sits next to a baby grand piano that has no lid in a barista...

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

Graduating class

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A graduating class of 21 African American women and two African American men standing the steps of, likely, the school. Most wear graduation mortar...

Date Published
1929
1935
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Harlequin Café in Detroit, Michigan

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Photograph at night of the street view of the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes). A valet parking sign sits on the sidewalk by...

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

Marcus Belgrave and Claude "Fiddler" Williams have a cheerful greeting

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Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, laughs as he put his left arm around the shoulders of Claude "Fiddler" Williams, who is also laughing as they stand just...

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

Marcus Belgrave closes his eyes as he plays his trumpet

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Marcus Belgrave, from his right side, leans back in the chair in a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes...

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

Marcus Belgrave plays the piano while a woman looks on

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Marcus Belgrave looks down at the keys of a baby grand piano without a lid that he is playing in a barista bar, Columbine's Champagne Cellar at the...

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

Spencer Barefield and Claude "Fiddler" Williams prepare to perform

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Spencer Barefield, jazz guitarist, looks seriously at a piece of music from his music stand that he holds in his hands, as he sits in a barista bar...

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

Spencer Barefield indicates where he will perform next

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Spencer Barefield, jazz guitarist, smiles as he stands outside the Harlequin Café, 8047 Agnes, Detroit, Michigan (8045 Agnes), in the evening. He...

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

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