Photograph by:

John H. White, American, born 1945  Search this

Subject of:

Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 16 7/16 × 25 1/16 in. (41.8 × 63.7 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 24 × 30 3/16 in. (61 × 76.7 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place collected:

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1965-1971; printed later

Description:

A black and white photographic print of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet. Armstrong is playing while seated in a chair. He is wearing suit, white shirt and bow tie. He is wearing a watch on his left wrist. The walls of the room are covered in tile and there is a sink on the far right of the photograph. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist

Object number:

2016.118.37

Restrictions & Rights:

© John H. White

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Classification:

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd533c78a26-9807-4573-b5b0-42e9a6adbbee

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.118.37