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Untitled

1965-1971; printed later

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

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Catalog reference: 2016.118.37

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