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Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Bedou, Arthur P. (1882-1966)]. Early Photograph at the Municipal Boys Home. Vintage semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.625 inch (19.4 x 24.7 cm.) photo of a 1931 reunion of the Municipal Boys Home Band, the photographer's raised "A.P. Bedou" blindstamp lower right. The notations on the image are within the negative; this is an original copy print by the photographer. Small creases and nicks/pinholes to edges, else fine condition. A moving image of Armstrong receiving a hero’s welcome during the Municipal Boys Home’s Christmas Day reunion.
After Louis Armstrong was arrested for firing a gun on New Year’s Eve on S. Rampart St. in front of the Eagle Saloon in New Orleans, he was arrested and subsequently sent to the Colored Waifs’ Home (later known as the Municipal Boys Home) from early 1913 until June 16, 1914. It was here that he learned to play the bugle and cornet. When he later became an internationally renowned musicians, Armstrong maintained contact with the staff of the Colored Waifs’ Home and spoke extensively about the pivotal influence the institution had upon his life, making donations to support musical education there, and occasionally visiting to encourage the boys in residence.
Arthur P. Bedou was an African-American photographer based in New Orleans. Bedou was, for a time, the personal photographer of Booker T. Washington, and documented the last decade of Washington's life. He also documented campus life at Xavier University of Louisiana, the Tuskegee Institute, and the city life of New Orleans, especially the city's black residents.
Armstrong, Louis. (1901–1971) [Bedou, Arthur P. (1882-1966)]. Early Photograph at the Municipal Boys Home. Vintage semi-glossy 9.75 x 7.625 inch (19.4 x 24.7 cm.) photo of a 1931 reunion of the Municipal Boys Home Band, the photographer's raised "A.P. Bedou" blindstamp lower right. The notations on the image are within the negative; this is an original copy print by the photographer. Small creases and nicks/pinholes to edges, else fine condition. A moving image of Armstrong receiving a hero’s welcome during the Municipal Boys Home’s Christmas Day reunion.
After Louis Armstrong was arrested for firing a gun on New Year’s Eve on S. Rampart St. in front of the Eagle Saloon in New Orleans, he was arrested and subsequently sent to the Colored Waifs’ Home (later known as the Municipal Boys Home) from early 1913 until June 16, 1914. It was here that he learned to play the bugle and cornet. When he later became an internationally renowned musicians, Armstrong maintained contact with the staff of the Colored Waifs’ Home and spoke extensively about the pivotal influence the institution had upon his life, making donations to support musical education there, and occasionally visiting to encourage the boys in residence.
Arthur P. Bedou was an African-American photographer based in New Orleans. Bedou was, for a time, the personal photographer of Booker T. Washington, and documented the last decade of Washington's life. He also documented campus life at Xavier University of Louisiana, the Tuskegee Institute, and the city life of New Orleans, especially the city's black residents.