Photo album page with photos and newspaper clippings from China

Description

A torn photo of Buck Clayton's sister, Margery and Clarence; Jimmie Carson and a band on a rooftop; Mrs. Percu leaning on a fence in front of a billboard in Chinese; two newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom between Buck Clayton and E.T. Jack Riley; Shanghai, China.

Note

No date; likely 1937, Mixed media of 3 photos with handwritten captions, one torn, and two newspaper articles. Top row, left to right: Margery & Clarence, My "sis" Margery, Riley's Suit Against Canidrome Rejected, Plaintiff to Pay Costs. Bottom row newspaper clipping titled: Jack Riley Asks U.S. $5000 For Fracas At Canidrome.

Date Issued

1937

Extent

1 item : mixed media of black and white prints, newspaper clippings, on card mount ; 27 x 34 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Clippings

Scrapbooks

Member of

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Time Period

1931-1940

Subject (Name)

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen

Subject (Topical)

African American jazz musicians

Jazz musicians

Subject (Geographic)

Shanghai (China)

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0015

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections