Photo Record
Images
Additional Images [9]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.14.1745-1987.14.1811 |
Title |
Louis Armstrong Collection: Photographs, Box 30. "International photographs (taken abroad)." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1961 |
Year Range from |
1956 |
Description |
This box contains 67 prints of Louis Armstrong in Africa taken between 1956 and 1961. Images include: Multiple images of Joseph Kabasele and his band; photos of Lucille delivering a copy of "Satchmo the Great" to Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah in 1957 (James Moxon also picture); Louis wearing African garb with the All Stars in 1960 (Trummy Young, Danny Barcelona, Barney Bigard and Mort Herbert are pictured); Louis's arrival; local dignitaries including Kwame Nkrumah; musicians; Louis eating in Accra, Ghana with Lucille, Nkrumah, Moxon and others; Nkrumah and Lucille play miniature hockey game while Louis watches; Lucille playing Mort Herbert's bass; Louis listening to musicians in Nigeria in 1957; Louis playing trumpet to a wooden figurine; Louis, Trummy Young, Jack Lesberg and Edmond Hall playing outdoors for dancers in Ghana in 1956; Louis meets Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto and Premier of the Northern Nigerian Region, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1960; Louis meeting with dignitaries in Ghana in 1960; Louis holding Pepsi bottle (Pepsi sponsored tour); Louis with African drums; Louis and Lucille in Khartoum, "The Honeymooners," circa 1960-61. (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- International Tours and Travel Photographs -- Lucille Armstrong Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Photographs -- Other Musicians and Celebrities Accra, Ghana Africa Congo Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Nigeria Satchmo the Great (motion picture) |
People |
Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Barcelona, Danny Bello, Ahmadu Bigard, Barney Deems, Barrett Hall, Edmond Herbert, Mort Kyle, Billy Lesberg, Jack Middleton, Velma Moxon, James Nkrumah, Kwame Young, Trummy |
Accession number |
1987.14 |