[African American Sports] Archive of Joe Louis comics and magazines tracing the public reception and popularity of the Black heavyweight champion in pop culture including his military service, controversy, and status as a patriotic icon and role model after defeating Max Schmeling. 1937 to 1950. The six titles show how.....
African American cultural leaders of mid-century Los Angeles gathered at a nightclub event in an original silver gelatin press photograph. Los Angeles, ca. 1940s. Measuring 10" x 8". Photographer’s stamp to verso: “Ted Merriman / Photo / VA 481.” Contemporary pencil caption reads: “L.A. Club – Los Angeles / L......
Armstrong, Louis. Archive of concert programs and photographs documenting the international public career of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American music. Spanning the 1940s through the 1950s, the material reflects the growing global prominence of jazz and the central role Armstrong played in shaping African American musical.....
Armstrong, Louis. Concert programs and press photographs archive, 1950s–1965, documenting the public career and cultural presence of Louis Armstrong within mid-twentieth-century American jazz and mass media. This material situates Armstrong as a central figure in African American musical history and American popular culture, illustrating the construction of Black celebrity through.....
[African American] [Music] [Photography] Demlinger, Sandor. Photographs of Louis Armstrong, 1940s to 1963 document performance, travel, and interpersonal moments within mid twentieth century jazz culture through the work of a Chicago based photographer engaged with the city’s music scene. The images place Armstrong within both staged and informal contexts, including.....
Wiggins, Eddy H. Jazz photographs from the Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz, Paris, 1958, document African American musicians performing and receiving recognition in France during a period when Black artists often encountered greater cultural acceptance abroad than in the United States. The images place figures such as Louis Armstrong.....
[Trains and Railroads][Urbanization] Nickel Plate Road photo archive documenting steam rail systems across New York and the Midwest, with additional views of New York City subway yard and NYC Board of Transportation activity, 1932-36. The photographs center the cross-country operation of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly.....
