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James 'Kid' Clayton

James "Kid" Clayton, seen here at home with his wife in 1956, was a specialist in the New Orleans blues style. Clayton was a force in the rough and tumble neighborhood bands in the "battlefield" area of Uptown New Orleans.

James ‘Kid’ Clayton

Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz

James 'Kid' Clayton. Crawford, Ralston (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz
Collection Ralston Crawford Collection of Jazz Photography
Date 1956
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