Chico Hamilton used a 16” with Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker in LA. I don’t know the year.

About 1/3 of the way down the page. This was the early 1950’s https://www.jazzwax.com/2009/03/interview-chico-hamilton-part-2.html

do you mean this one?

https://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f0883401676920ad7c970b-500wi

1952-53

Yes. He describes the scenario in the linked text and that photo appears also.

anecdote:

When I was about 30 years younger, I was at a jazz club in Tacoma, WA, watching an older guy setting up his kit. We were the only ones in the room at the time so I was chatting with him a bit. The snare drum he was playing looked like it was 6.5 inches deep and he was playing a 16 inch floor tom in a cradle for his bass drum. I said something like, "Wow. That snare drum is almost as big as your bass drum." His answer to me was, "That's what jazz is all about.".

So, in case anyone asks you what jazz is all about, now you can tell them. ;)

Is that drummer the same guy who also told us that the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about?

I dunno....All I know is that I put my right foot in...I put my right foot out....I put my right foot in and I shook it all about....

....heh heh

But then I put my left foot up my lol