Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1987.14.3505-1987.14.3702 |
Title |
Louis Armstrong Collection: Snapshots, Box 3 "Louis Armstrong Offstage." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Description |
This box contains 197 snapshots of Louis Armstrong Offstage between 1930 and 1971. Images include: Louis and his tape decks; Louis being welcomed home in June 1960; Louis as King Zulu; studio portraits; Louis and Lucille at W.C. Handy Park; Louis on the set of "Glory Alley";on the set and at the photo shoot for the film poster of "Going Places"; early photos of Louis and Lucille Armstrong; Louis and his big band on the road in 1940; visiting Fred Robbins, (January 14, 1946); Louisiana (ca. 1951); at Boulder Dam (1955); Mama Lucy (sister); Louis and Velma Middleton; Louis at a gathering with Lucille, Doc Pugh and others in January 1960; Louis with Playboy bunnies, children and fans; Louis with children in his Corona, Queens living room in April 1970; Louis Armstrong postcards; Louis at the barber shop; "Tire Inspection" photo of Armstrong and his big band; Louis on his stair chair at home just weeks before he passed away; Louis in his yard, holding a baby, in 1971; Louis with Velma Middleton and Japanese musicians, circa 1953; Louis with Floyd Levin, Barney Bigard and others in a Los Angeles office during the time of his 70th birthday concert at the Shrine Auditorium. (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Louis Armstrong Collection |
Search Terms |
Louis Armstrong Collection -- Photographs Snapshots Photographs -- Lucille Armstrong Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Photographs -- Domestic Tours and Travel Photographs -- Armstrong Family Photographs -- Armstrong at Home Corona Japan King of the Zulus Los Angeles New Orleans Playboy (magazine) Queens Going Places (motion picture) |
People |
Armstrong, Beatrice "Mama Lucy" Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bigard, Barney Bubbles, John Collins, Johnny Levin, Floyd Middleton, Velma Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Robbins, Fred Washington, Buck |
Accession number |
1987.14 |