Canidrome Ballroom with an "X" where the fight took place.

Description

Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing before an audience at the Canidrome Ballroom with an "X" and a dotted line following where the fight took place; Shanghai, China.

Note

No date; likely 1937, A professional photograph of the Canidrome ballroom by "Ahjong Shanghai" with a handwritten caption "The Prize Fight Ring" (x marks the spot) with an handwritten "X" and a dotted line mapping out where the fight took place.

Date Issued

1937

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 27 x 34 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

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

Ballrooms

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