Object Details
- Description
- A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong. The two are depicted from the shoulders up sitting closely together, with their heads touching. Middleton is depicted playing a trumpet while Armstrong holds his proper left hand to his proper left ear. Middleton is wearing a dark top and looking towards the top of the image. Armstrong is wearing a white tuxedo, black bowtie, and is looking towards the left edge of the image. Armstrong has a comical expression on his face. Near the left corner of the image is an inscription in blue ink that reads, [X Marks / the spot / With Love / to Laura / Velma / Middleton]. Black text printed in the negative at the bottom right reads [BRUSSELS, '49]. There are no inscriptions on the back of the photograph.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961
- Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
- Date
- 1949
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 4 13/16 × 6 13/16 in. (12.3 × 17.3 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (13 × 18 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
