Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.39.1--2006.39.93 |
Title |
Phoebe Jacobs Collection: Photographs, Box 1. "Louis Armstrong." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1975 |
Year Range from |
1925 |
Description |
This box contains 93 photos of Louis Armstrong in the following categories: Publicity photos, film and television stills, Louis Armstrong in radio, television or recording studio, Louis in performance, Louis off stage, Louis with musicians or celebrities, international photos and Louis at home. Contents include: Publicity photo of Louis and His Hot Five (Johnny St. Cyr, Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory and Lil Hardin Armstrong); publicity photo from 1930 from David Gold's collection; Associated Booking publicity photo featuring candid shots of Louis by Lew Nathan; multiple Associated Booking publicity shots (Louis playing the trumpet toward the sky and many more); Swiss Kriss "keyhole" photo; Jack Bradley photo of Louis looking down and smiling (official photo of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation); Jack Bradley photos from the Suzy Cute commercial shoot (man are autographed by Louis); Jack Bradley photos taken in Louis's den in 1965 during the "Slivovice" interview (includes Louis holding a Grammy up to his ear); multiple publicity shots of Louis playing the trumpet in the late-1960s (one in color); color publicity photo from 1968 featuring a thinned down Louis holding a trumpet; film stills include Louis and Allen Jenkins in "Going Places," Louis and Bing Crosby in "High Society" and Louis and Gabriele Clonisch in "La Paloma"; Louis and Red Norvo broadcasting on WNEW in the 1940s; Louis and Jack Teagarden in a television studio rehearsing for a "Timex All Star Jazz Show;" Louis performing at the 1962 Newport Jazz Festival. Off stage photos include Louis and Lucille eating in a hotel room; Charles Peterson photo of Louis jamming with Bud Freeman, Tommy Dorsey, Pops Foster, Eddie Condon, Henry "Red" Allen" and George Wettling; Louis and Lucille shaking hands with a man on their wedding day; Louis and Lucille kissing; Louis in a robe in his hotel room in Canada; Louis and his tape decks; Louis and Melba Joyce's children; Louis and a young girl holding his trumpet; Louis and Oscar Cohen; Louis and Dite Myers in a phone booth (both men wearing handkerchiefs on their heads); Louis signing autographs; Louis and Lucille at the premiere of the 1969 film "Hello, Dolly." International photos include: Louis, Joe Glaser and the All Stars arriving in France in 1948 (includes Mezz Mezzrow, Earl Hines, Sid Catlett, Barney Bigard, and Arvell Shaw) Louis wearing a lei in Hawaii in 1952; Louis arriving in Oslo, Norway in 1952; autographing a Decca record, '"Satchmo Canta," in South America, 1957; two photos of Lucille Armstrong putting a catcher's mask on Louis in Buenos Aires, 1957; Louis in Germany, 1959; Louis playing for Lucille at the Sphinx in 1961; Louis, Lucille and Lionel Hampton meeting Pope Paul VI in 1968. Photos of Louis at home include Louis standing in front of the Cal Bailey portrait in his living room; Louis and Lucille kissing in the den in 1971, inscribed by Lucille to Phoebe Jacobs in 1974 (includes negative); multiple shots of Louis on front steps with neighborhood children (includes negative). Photos of Louis and musicians include Louis and his orchestra visiting the Colored Waif's Home in 1931 and Louis with Dizzy Gillespie and others in the late 1940s. |
Collection |
Phoebe Jacobs Collection |
Search Terms |
Associated Booking Corporation Buenos Aires (Argentina) Canada Colored Waif's Home Corona France Germany Going Places (motion picture) Hawaii Hello, Dolly (motion picture) High Society (motion picture) Italy La Paloma (motion picture) Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation Louis Armstrong House Museum New Orleans Newport Jazz Festival Norway Oslo (Norway) Queens Slivovice South America Suzy Cute (doll) Tape recordings, Audio Timex All Star Show (television program) |
People |
Allen, Henry Armstrong, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Lucille Wilson Bailey, Cal Bigard, Barney Bradley, Jack Catlett, Sid Clonisch, Gabriele Condon, Eddie Crosby, Bing Dodds, Johnny Dorsey, Tommy Foster, Pops Freeman, Bud Gillespie, Dizzy Glaser, Joe Gold, David Hampton, Lionel Hines, Earl Jacobs, Phoebe Jenkins, Allen Mezzrow, Mezz Nathan, Lew Norvo, Red Ory, Kid Paul VI, Pope Peterson, Charles Shaw, Arvell St. Cyr, Johnny Wettling, George |
Accession number |
2006.39 |