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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.8.05 |
Title |
[Scrapbook 5] |
Object Type |
Scrapbook |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Description |
Scrapbook belonging to Louis and/or Lucille Armstrong. Contents include: News clippings on the following subjects: Louis threatened by the mob; Louis's return to New Orleans in 1931; Walter Winchell columns on Louis; Louis at the Savoy Ballroom; the film "Ex-Flame"; Louis in Los Angeles at Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club; Les Hite; advertisement for Louis Armstrong Special cigar; Louis in Cincinnati; Ed Sullivan column on battle between Johnny Collins and Tommy Rockwell over Louis; announcing Louis's being made an honorary lifetime member of the Zulu Krew (August 23, 1931); Louis Armstrong cigar label; affidavits testifying to Louis's uniqueness from Paul Whiteman, Jack Kapp, Ralph Wonders and Irving Mills; thank-you letter from the Municipal Home for Boys (aka Colored Waif's Home) thanking Louis for sending a radio; letters (including one about Louis playing a Troubador trumpet); record reviews ("When It's Sleepy Time Down South," "Shine," "You Rascal You," Just a Gigolo" and more); advertisements; theater programs (including Howard Theater); and more. |
People |
Collins, Johnny Hite, Les Kapp, Jack Mills, Irving Rockwell, Tommy Sebastian, Frank Sullivan, Ed Whiteman, Paul Winchell, Walter Wonders, Ralph |
Search Terms |
Scrapbooks Assembled by Louis or Lucille Armstrong |
Year Range from |
1931 |
Year Range to |
1932 |
Accession number |
1987.8 |