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Walter "Foots" Thomas
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 80; Series 4; Item 17
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 80
- Series
- 4
- Item
- 17
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- Oct. 1941
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w (1 negative) ; 13 x 18 cm and 12 x 9 cm
- Admin History/Bio
- Walter 'Foots' Thomas (b.1907, Muskogee, Oklahoma) was a saxophonist and arranger in Cab Calloway's orchestra. He moved to New York City in 1927, and played for a time with Jelly Roll Morton. He then joined the Missourians in 1929, just before Calloway took it over.
- Since the 1940s, he lived in Englewood, New Jersey. He died on August 26, 1981 as a result of cancer.
- Scope and Content
- This item is a portrait of Walter "Foots" Thomas.
- Notes
- This negative has two images on it.
- Subjects
- Musicians
- Repro Restriction
- Copyright is in the public domain and permission for use is not required. Please credit the Ontario Jewish Archives as the source of the photograph.
- Source
- Archival Descriptions