Lot 317
10
10
April 5, 2017
270
(AFRICAN AMERICAN--NIGHT CLUBS)
Group of 36 photographs of fashionably dressed folks in Philadelphia, New York and D.C., including trumpeteer Buck Clayton, disporting themselves in jazz clubs.
Silver prints, the images measuring 3 3/4x3 to 7 3/4x9 1/4 inches (9.5x7.6 to 19.7x23.5 cm.), a few with inscriptions, in ink, on print recto, others in mini-presentations albums or mats, with the photographer's credits (Pie Powers, Smith Photo, Layne's Studio, Frank Turner, Mario, Wert Hooper, Jesse Photo, Williams), on verso. 1940s
Estimate $700 - 1,000
The group includes images frm Catherine's (Philly), the Rose Room (D.C.), and the Louisville Night Owl; with pictures of Buck Clayton (6) and Dottie Dudley (one).
