ALS, 1970 February 4 : to the American Hall of Fame Library.

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ALS, 1970 February 4 : to the American Hall of Fame Library.

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The musician responds to a request for a personal item for display, saying he is honored to be asked. "That is the nicest thing that has happened to me since I have been playing my horn all these fifty four years." He will clean up "one of my trumpets which you know I cherish and love very much." Signed Louis Armstrong, "Satchmo."

2 p. ; 28 x 22 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

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Louis Armstrong, a jazz musician and entertainer, was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He claimed to have been born on July 4, 1900, which is the date given on his World War I draft card. However, recent research gives good documentation to the August 4, 1901 date, including his baptismal certificate. Some sources also cite 1898 as his birth date. He died on July 6, 1971. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an inventive trumpet a...

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