Fans of jazz music sit in a crowded Blue Room

Description

The audience (both white people and African Americans) sits at tables or stands at museum exhibits in a crowded Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday. A few balloons decorate one table. 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 ; 10 x 15 cm

Genre

Color photographs

Group portraits

Member of

Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Time Period

2001-2010

Subject (Name)

Blue Room (Kansas City, Mo.)

Subject (Topical)

Music audiences

Music fans

African American men

African American women

Men

White

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