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.....
