All about the fight at the Canidrome

Description

Tamara Lewis; Jimmie Carson; Joe McCutcheon with Teddy Weatherford; newspaper clippings about the fight in the Canidrome Ballroom that resulted in Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen leaving Shanghai; Shanghai, China.

Note

No date; likely 1937, Mixed media of 3 photos with handwritten captions and 4 newspaper clippings. Top row newspaper clippings, left to right: "Fistic Comedy--Drama At Canidrome", "Notice Served On B. Clayton's Band Because of Fight", and from the Shanghai Show World by Max Chaichek, "Shanghailanders are critical, but they are also fair". Middle row, left to right: Newspaper clipping titled "Clayton Band to Leave Shanghai", and a portrait photo captioned Tamara Lewis. Bottom row, left to right: a photo captioned Joe & Teddy.

Date Issued

1937

Extent

1 item : mixed media of 3 black and white prints, 4 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

Lewis, Tamara (Entertainer)

Weatherford, Teddy, 1903-1945

Carson, Jimmie (Jazz musician)

McCutcheon, Joe

Subject (Topical)

African American jazz musicians

Jazz musicians

African American women

African American men

Men, White

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