Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.14.1491-1987.14.1556 |
Title |
Louis Armstrong Collection: Photographs, Box 23. "Louis Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities" |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Description |
This box contains 65 prints of Louis Armstrong with musicians and celebrities between 1930 and 1970, including autographed images. Images include: Maxine Sullivan and Johnny Mercer; Nat King Cole; Dean Martin; Chicago Mayor Martin Kennelly; Bob Crosby; Jack Teagarden; Lionel Hampton and Sid Catlett; with Senator John A. Powers, other congressmen and the All Stars (Trummy Young, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle,Mort Herbert and Barrett Deems) at the Massachusetts House of Representatives on January 16, 1958; at Basin Street nightclub with Al Collins and others; March of Dimes poster boy in Hawaii in 1954; Johnny Cash; Duke Ellington AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDE: Hawaiian singer Lei Becker; 1949 photo autographed by Louis, Arvell Shaw, Jack Teagarden, Big Sid Catlett and drummers Red Saunders and J. C. Heard (Count Basie in the background); Gabrielle Clonisch; Mary Collier; Frank Palumbo; Mezz Mezzrow (two photos inscribed to Louis in November 1955); Mort Herbert; Princess Oriela [sic?] (two photos, one inscribed from Louis, one to Louis); Pearl Bailey, Chris Calloway and Louis Bellson backstage at the Latin Quarter in 1968; Carl Martin (and possibly Timmie Rogers); Gilbert Millstein (autographed by Louis with a poem about Swiss Kriss); Hiram Myers; Jack Teagarden; Bill Mark; Sinclair Traill; Doc Pugh; Rosalee Harris and Velma Middleton; photo of Louis and Nipsey Russell with three friends (inscribed by the friends); photo of Louis and Lucille dining with Pierre "Frenchy" Tallerie (autographed by Louis to Lucille); photo of Louis and Harold Lloyd (autographed by Louis to Lucille); Louis with Buck and Bubbles and Bill Bailey, inscribed by Louis. (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Basin Street East (nightclub) Boston Chicago Hawaii Latin Quarter Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Swiss Kriss |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bailey, Bill Bailey, Pearl Basie, Count Becker, Lei Bellson, Louis Bubbles, John Calloway, Chris Cash, Johnny Catlett, Sid Clonisch, Gabrielle Cole, Nat King Collier, Mary Collins, Al "Jazzbo" Crosby, Bob Deems, Barrett Ellington, Duke Hall, Edmond Hampton, Lionel Harris, Rosalee Heard, J. C. Herbert, Mort Kennelly, Martin Kyle, Billy Lloyd, Harold Mark, Bill Martin, Carl Martin, Dean Mercer, Johnny Mezzrow, Mezz Middleton, Velma Millstein, Gilbert Myers, Hiram Palumbo, Frank Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Rogers, Timmie Russell, Nipsey Saunders, Red Shaw, Arvell Sullivan, Maxine Tallerie, Pierre "Frenchy" Teagarden, Jack Traill, Sinclair Washington, Buck |
Accession number |
1987.14 |