Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs an autograph at his 93rd birthday celebration

Description

Claude "Fiddler" Williams signs his autograph on a white bowler hat with a black hatband for an unidentified man who stands next to the table in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, where Claude sits on the occasion of his 93rd birthday celebration. A filled table of music fans is behind Claude. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.

Date Issued

2001-02-19

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : color print ; 15 x 10 cm

Genre

Color photographs

Group portraits

Member of

Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Time Period

2001-2010

Subject (Name)

Blue Room (Kansas City, Mo.)

Williams, Claude, 1908-2004

Subject (Topical)

African American jazz musicians

Subject (Geographic)

Kansas City (Mo.)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

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-0147

Source

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

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections