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Todd Bolton and Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks at a photograph together

Todd Bolton looks over at a photograph that Claude "Fiddler" Williams is looking at and holding in his hands as they sit at a table in a kitchen setting. A white amaryllis flower sits on the table. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-068.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Todd Bolton, Joe Wilder, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams

Todd Bolton stands with his arm around the shoulders of Joe Wilder, trumpet. They both smile at the camera. Joe holds a camera in his left hand. They stand behind a seated Claude "Fiddler" Williams. Claude's fiddle in its case lies on the table in front of him in a ballroom of a hotel. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-069.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is wearing his Santa Claus socks

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends forward in an easy chair to point at the Santa Claus head that is embroidered on the side of his sock. The words "Ho Ho Ho" are knitted into the sock. He turns his head to the right to smile at the camera. He wears pajamas and a robe. The date, "12 25 '00," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-070.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles about his 95th birthday cake

Claude "Fiddler" Williams bends slightly over the table that holds his 95th birthday cake and looks up to smile at the camera. He carries a cane. Plates are on the table behind his cake. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-071.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is happy about his 95th birthday cake

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins at the camera as someone holds his 95th birthday cake in front of his chest. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-072.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Band performing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday party

The white male keyboardist laughs as he looks down at the keyboard he is seated behind. The white male double bass player next to him smiles and continues playing. An African American male saxophone player is completely obscured by Claude "Fiddler" Williams sitting in a chair on the edge of the stage in the foreground of the photograph with his back to the camera. His head is turned to watch the keyboard player. Joe Wilder, trumpet, is slightly bent forward on the opposite side of the stage where he stands. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-073.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Band playing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams birthday party

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on one side of the stage with his back to the camera while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down by his side. The unidentified white male keyboard player is obscured by Claude. The white male double bass player standing and playing in the center of the stage smiles as he looks down at his bass. An unidentified African American saxophone player stands between the bass player and Joe Wilder smiling toward the keyboard player. He is holding a soprano saxophone. Four seated audience members are in the foreground of the photograph with their backs to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-074.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented with a birthday cake

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, speaks to someone across the stage that is out of the photograph as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday cake celebrating his 95th birthday. An unidentified African American man grins across the stage as he stands in the back corner with his hands behind his back. The unidentified white male keyboard player lifts his head to listen to Claude. An unidentified white woman stands at the front center of the stage behind a music stand and turns her head to smile at Claude. Three different saxophones sit on the stage in saxophone holders. Todd Bolton stands off stage holding a microphone at chest level and also turned to listen to Claude. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-075.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Joe Wilder

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, an unidentified African American saxophone player, and Joe Wilder, trumpet, stand together in front of the food table and smile at the camera on the occasion of Claude's 95th birthday. Joe holds a camera with his left hand that is held by a strap around his neck. The saxophone player has two saxophone straps around his neck. A sign behind them is partially obscured but refers to a Clarion Hotel and Black History. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-076.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Band performing for Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday party

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on one side of the stage with his back to the camera, playing his fiddle, while Joe Wilder stands on the opposite side of the stage holding his trumpet down in front of him. An unidentified African American male saxophone player, stands next to Joe holding a saxophone across his body. Both he and Joe Wilder are smiling toward the unidentified white male double bass player. The unidentified white male keyboard player is looking up at the double bassist as he plays. The double bass player standing and playing in the center of the stage smiles as he plays. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-077.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is presented a cake

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, with his side to the camera, stands and smiles holding his fiddle as an unidentified white woman stands beside him presenting him with a birthday cake celebrating his 95th birthday. An unidentified African American man grins as he peeks just above the woman to see the cake. The white male keyboard player's head is obscured by a music stand as he sits at a keyboard. An unidentified white woman at the front center of the stage faces away from Claude. Three different saxophones sit on the stage in saxophone holders. Todd Bolton stands off stage holding a microphone at chest level and also turned to listen to Claude. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-078.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Joe Wilder gets in a little more rehearsal

Joe Wilder sits in an audience chair in a hotel ballroom and plays his trumpet the day before his performance with a band including Claude "Fiddler" Williams. The date, "2 10 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-079.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Joe Wilder plays his trumpet with a saxophone player and a drummer

An unidentified African American male saxophone player stands behind a music stand on stage playing a baritone saxophone. Beside him is Joe Wilder looking at the bell of his muted trumpet as he plays. An unidentified white male drummer is visible seated behind him. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-080.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Joe Wilder plays his flugelhorn with the band

Joe Wilder looks down at the bell of a flugelhorn as he stands of stage playing with the band. A unidentified African American saxophone player looking down while playing a soprano sax is farthest left in the photograph. Next to him is a seated white male keyboard player. A white male double bass player is completely obscured by Joe Wilder. A white male drummer is farthest to the left side of the photograph wearing a head covering. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-081.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Joe Wilder plays a flugelhorn on stage

Joe Wilder looks at the flugelhorn he is playing as he stands on stage behind a microphone. An unidentified white male double bass player is behind him. A drum set is to the right. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-082.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Audience smiles as they listen

The audience of white men, women, and children, smiles as they listen to a jazz combo play on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' birthday. One man has two boys seated with him. Todd Bolton is seated in the front row. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-083.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams speaks into the microphone from the stage

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands on stage and speaks into a microphone as he holds his fiddle with both hands and hangs his bow from his left hand. An unidentified white male keyboard player's face is behind him and to the right. The date, "2 11 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-084.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams waves

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles and waves as he stands between the stair cases outside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 SE 8th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. The marquis reads, "PRESENTS TOPEKA JAZZ FESTIVAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND." Three sets of art deco entrance doors are at the top of the stairs. The date, "5 28 '00," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-085.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds up the keys to a Cadillac Fleetwood that is parked on the street as he stands with his back to 215 and 217 SE 8th Ave, Topeka, Kansas, in front of the Topeka Performing Arts Center before the Topeka Jazz Festival.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-086.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm for a photograph

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands arm-in-arm with an unidentified white man and smile at the camera inside of the Topeka Performing Arts Center in Topeka, Kansas before the Topeka Jazz Festival.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-087.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams enjoying himself in the Blue Room

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits at a table on the lower level of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri on the left side of the photograph with his wife, Blanche Williams, and smiles up at an unidentified African American woman with her back to the camera, who bends over the table to greet Claude on the occasion of his 93rd birthday celebration. The Blue Room is crowded with every table full. Al Pearson, trumpet, bends toward a man seated in the center of the photograph at a sound board. Two other patrons are standing and bending toward each other to speak on the left side of the photograph. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-088.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

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

On the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams' 93rd birthday celebration, he signs an autograph for an unidentified African American woman who bends toward him as he sits at a table in the Blue Room in the America Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. Claude's wife, Blanche Williams, sits next to him and smiles toward the right side of the photograph. The audience in the Blue Room surrounds them. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-089.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

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

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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-090.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at his table in the Blue Room

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks down at something on the table he is sitting at in the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri, on the occasion of his 93rd birthday celebration. A few audience members are visible behind him. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-091.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Scamps perform in the Blue Room

The Scamps (Luqman Hamza playing piano, Arthur Jackson and Eddie Saunders holding saxophones and talking to each other, Rusty Tucker holding a trumpet and smiling at the camera, and Lucky Wesley playing the double bass) perform in the 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 celebration. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-092.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Rusty Tucker of the Scamps at the Blue Room

Rusty Tucker, trumpet, of the Scamps, stands in front of the piano to speak into a microphone on the stage at the 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. Arthur Jackson, saxophone, sits in the center of the photograph. Lucky Wesley, double bass, grins as he looks at Rusty. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-093.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Scamps are prepared to perform in the Blue Room

The Scamps are on stage of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. Arthur Jackson, saxophone, sits in the curve of the baby grand piano. Eddie Saunders, saxophone, sits in the center of the photograph holding an alto saxophone and listening to Rusty Tucker, trumpet, who is looking at Eddie while holding a mute in one hand and a trumpet in the other. Lucky Wesley stands behind them holding a double bass by the neck but with the neck obscuring his face. One audience member is mostly out of the photograph on the right side. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-094.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Fans of jazz music and Claude "Fiddler" Williams fill the Blue Room

The Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri is full of fans of jazz music on the occasion of Claude "Fiddler" Williams 93rd birthday celebration. They sit around tables. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-095.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams sits in the Blue Room

Blanche Williams looks to the left side of the photograph as she speaks to someone who out of the photograph. She sits in the 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 celebration. The audience can be seen behind her. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-096.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room

Five fans of jazz music sit at the bar of the Blue Room in the American Jazz Museum in the 18th and Vine District of Kansas City, Missouri. The date, "2 16 '03," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. Most are looking at the stage but the woman in the foreground smiles directly at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-097.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Fans of jazz music sit in a crowded Blue Room

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.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-098.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-189.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams gives a slight smile as he performs

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles slightly as he plays his fiddle in a close-up photograph. A microphone is on the left side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-190.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Marcus Belgrave and Claude "Fiddler" Williams have a cheerful greeting

Marcus Belgrave, trumpet, laughs as he put his left arm around the shoulders of Claude "Fiddler" Williams, who is also laughing as they stand just inside the open doorway. Both wear fedoras and business suits. The date, "4 14 '01," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph. A decorative plate of a guitarist hangs on the wall by the door jamb.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-191.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams jams with two guitarists

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits a bit sideways in a folding chair jamming with two seated, unidentified white male guitarists. Someone stands on the left side of the photograph mostly out of the picture. A table behind the three musicians has a paper blue tablecloth and the instruments cases on it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-192.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams visits the Northeast neighborhood organization

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands holding a plate of food and balancing a beverage on the plate. He stands next to a desk at the Northeast neighborhood organization in Kansas City, Missouri, with an unidentified white woman sitting there and smiling at the camera. A poster behind her partially reads, "Historic Northeast." There are many posters on the walls with photos of home and boxes of snacks. She has a bouquet of flowers on her desk and a plant with a decorative bow on a stack of boxes. The date, "10 16 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom right-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-193.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams rehearsing in a hotel room

A young Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on a hotel bed rehearsing the high notes on his fiddle.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-194.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams performs with Frank Smith in a quartet

Frank Smith, piano, on the left side of the photograph, turns his head to looks seriously at the photographer as he plays a piano he is seated at. Behind and completely obscured by Frank is a double bass player. Center stage is Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiling as he stands and plays his fiddle while looking at the strings as he draws the bow across them. A guitarist sits on the right side of the photograph too much in the dark to recognize.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-195.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams entertains patrons

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind the stage, stands and plays his fiddle as he performs for patrons at round tables with white tablecloths. There are only beverages on the tables. An unidentified African American drummer is mostly out of the right side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-196.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Frank Smith, Jerry Leonard, and Claude "Fiddler" Williams perform at JJ's Restaurant

In a photograph up from the floor in front of the stage at JJ's Restaurant, 910 West 48th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, to the stage, Frank Smith, on the left side of the photograph, sits behind a keyboard looking to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams, who stands and plays his fiddle on the right side of the photograph. Jerry Leonard stands on stage between the other two musicians playing an electric bass guitar. He crosses his legs at the ankles and leans back on a wrought iron railing around the stage as he plays. The date, "Aug. 81"," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom left-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-197.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins as he holds his fiddle ready to play

Claude "Fiddler" Williams looks forward and grins as he prepares to play. He holds his fiddle under his chin and his bow down by his side. The body of a double bass and a hand of the bass player is visible behind Claude. Claude and the double bassist stand between a grand piano and a drum set.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-198.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays next to a smiling drummer

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he stands on the left side of the photograph and draws his bow across the strings of his fiddle. An unidentified white male drummer smiles above the cymbal of his drum set as he plays in the center of the photograph. A bit of a double bass is mostly out of the photograph on the left side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-199.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in front of an artwork in a kitchen while wearing a tuxedo

Claude "Fiddler" Williams smiles as he stands in a break room inside the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri; a bottle of white wine on the counter next to the toaster. He wears a tuxedo. Behind him on the counter is a microwave oven. A piece of artwork hangs on the wall behind him signed, "Millner '92." It is a representation of a glass paned cabinet with books on the top shelf, a guitar and drum on the middle shelf, and a violin, flute, and a jar on the bottom shelf.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-200.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands outdoors with a man of the clergy

An unidentified member of the clergy, who is a white man, stands outside beside Claude "Fiddler" Williams and both smile at the camera. Claude wears a fedora hat and a boutonniere. There is a small white clapboard church across the road behind them along with many trees. Cars and a van are parked on the road behind them. On the left side of the photograph, a man's back is to the camera as he packs or unpacks an instrument or sound system case.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-201.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Buddy Tate head into the Monterey Jazz Festival

Buddy Tate, wearing a brown and white large checked sports jacket and holding his saxophone in a case, looks to his left at Claude "Fiddler" Williams and points the other way from the direction they are facing going to the Monterey California Jazz Festival. Claude, in the foreground of the photograph, slightly turns his head toward the camera and looks confused as a cigar hangs out of the left-hand side of his mouth. He's wearing a lapel badge of white print on a green background. A panel truck with the word, "Budget," on the side is behind the two.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-202.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams takes a moment to smile at the camera

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, from behind a seated audience member, stands sideways to the stage to smile at the camera; his fiddle tucked under his right arm. An unidentified white male pianist sits and plays a grand piano with the top open on the right side of the photograph. His back is to the camera. He wears a jacket with "The New Reformation Dixieland Band, Saginaw, Michigan," printed on the back. Standing behind Claude and on the left side of the photograph is a white male trombone player, a whte male trumpet player, and a white male saxophone player playing their instruments. Possibly they are warming up before a performance in a large room with tall windows and a vaulted ceiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-203.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend

Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman who is seating next to him. She grins as he holds a pipe in his mouth with his left hand. He also holds a lit cigarette between his fingers on his left hand. A Shaefer beer can, pack of cigarettes and a backgammon board sit on the table. There are houseplants standing behind them. There is a round electric clock on the wall behind them with decorative rods circling the face.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-204.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams plays his fiddle with a piano player in a living room

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a chair playing a fiddle beside a man playing a spinet piano with his back to the camera. The piano player is on the left side of the photograph. The door to the room is behind Claude. An analog television sits on a upholstered table with an equalizer next to it on the right side of the photograph. Baggage lies on the floor in the foreground of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-205.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits in a living room and plays his fiddle

Claude "Fiddler" Williams sits on a chair playing his fiddle between a television on an upholstered table and the opened door to the room. There is an equalizer on the table next to the television. Claude smiles at the camera. His baggage sits on the floor beside his feet.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-206.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams shakes hands with a dog

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins as he leans forward in his chair to shake hands with an English Springer Spaniel dog that sits beside Claude. Claude's bag sit on the floor on the other side of the chair from the dog.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-207.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands beside a fellow fiddler

Claude "Fiddler" Williams grins as he stands beside an unidentified white male fiddler. Both grin at the camera. The angle of the shot is from the floor in front of them and up toward the ceiling. Claude has spilled on his suit. The other fiddler wears a colorful vest of various embroidered stripes. A wedding picture and a hunting horn hang on the wall on the right side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-208.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes as he plays with a piano play in a living room

Claude "Fiddler" Williams closes his eyes tight and crosses his leg as he sits in a chair playing a fiddle. Beside him is an unidentified white man playing a spinet piano with his back and side to the camera. A Budweiser beer sits on the piano. Music stands with music on them and the door to the room are behind Claude. A pair of white male hands with the fingers intertwined are on the left side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-209.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams stands by an illustrated graphic art

Blanche Williams stands in next to a large illustrated graphic art piece of New York tourist sites from a bird's eye view. A large floral arrangement sits on a table in front of the picture. The art is displayed in the center of a wall of mirrors. The date, "10 13 '99," is imprinted by the camera on the bottom left-hand corner.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-210.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant with three other band members on the stage performing

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other unidentified white male band members are in the stage area also playing their instruments: a keyboard, an electric bass guitar, and a drum set. Plants hang from the ceiling in macrame holders along the wall of windows behind the band. A couple of green and white crepe paper spherical decorations hang from the ceiling above the band.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-211.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams holds a jack-o-lantern

Blanche Williams stands outdoors with a big grin on her face as she holds a jack-o-lantern. She wears a denim jumpsuit. A demolished building spreads across the lot behind her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-212.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams sits on the floor in front of the Christmas tree

Blanche Williams sits on the floor with wall-to-wall carpet and leans on one hand in front of a decorated Christmas tree. An antique chair is next to the tree. She wears a denim jumpsuit.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-213.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams stands in front of a limousine that is in front of The New York Times

Blanche Williams stands on the sidewalk in New York City and grins at the camera as a white limousine is parked behind her. A bus advertising The New York Times is in the next lane.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-214.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams sits at a dining table

Blanche Williams sits sideways in her chair while she talks at a dining table with a glass of juice and a calculator sitting on the placemat on the table at her place. A china cabinet, the doorway to the room, and a houseplant are behind her. The date, "9 25 '99"," is imprinted on the lower left-hand corner of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-215.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat of a red vehicle with her legs out of the door

Blanche Williams sits sideways in the passenger seat with her legs out of the door of a red vehicle with a red interior and white seats. She looks seriously down at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-216.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147

Blanche Williams walks behind a red Cadillac with a white top

Blanche Williams walks behind a red Cadillac with a white roof. The license plate might say "Fouse." A person is mostly out of the photograph on the right side of the photograph.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_williams-claude_photo-217.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0147