LOUIS SACHMO ARMSTRONG Group of 30 items including

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

LOUIS "SACHMO" ARMSTRONG. Group of 30 items, including original photographs, illustrations of records, programs, press kit etc for Louis Armstrong * together with 12 issues of the "HRS Society Rag," jazz magazine. Various sizes, pagination, some duplication, condition varies. should be seen. Vp, vd, 1950's -1970's; 1938-1941

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from the frank driggs collection. Includes A Victor discography, 5 8 x 10 photographs, a "Publicity Manual," a couple of letters written by John "Bill" Oldham" regarding Armstrong in the 1930's; and a number of illustrations of the early Armstrong record labels. Driggs was one of the preeminent collectors of jazz history and memorabilia. The Society Rag was a jazz aficionado's magazine with articles on current as well as historic jazz, including a good deal on Armstrong.