Claude "Fiddler" Williams is wearing his Santa Claus socks on Christmas morning

Title

Claude "Fiddler" Williams is wearing his Santa Claus socks on Christmas morning

Date

2000-12-25

Description

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.
December 25, 2000
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Source

Missouri Hub

Relation

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umkc/islandora/object/umkc%3A44298/datastream/TN/view/Claude%20%22Fiddler%22%20Williams%20is%20wearing%20his%20Santa%20Claus%20socks%20on%20Christmas%20morning.jpg

References

https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/umkc/islandora/object/umkc:44298

Subject

Jazz musicians
African American men
Fiddlers
Socks
Christmas
African American jazz musicians
Williams, Claude , 1908-2004 (Williams, Claude, 1908-2004)
Santa Claus (Santa Claus (Fictitious character)) (Fictitious character)

Citation

“Claude "Fiddler" Williams is wearing his Santa Claus socks on Christmas morning,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed September 10, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/34553.

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