• Letter from Louis Daniel Armstrong to Renée and Sadie Gertler

  • Reference number
  • NJA/C/DIA/COR/128
  • Title
  • Letter from Louis Daniel Armstrong to Renée and Sadie Gertler
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  • Date of creation
  • 27/04/1936
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  • Item
  • Quantity
  • 1 Item
  • Description
  • louis has been very busy since leaving Connie's Inn. He's still playing with Luis Russell's Orchestra and they're packing up to make the trip from New York to California - but they'll stop off in Chicago to play for a couple of nights. Louis hasn't played in Chicago for about three years. Louis is writing this on a typewritre Alph bought him for his birthday. 'Danny Polo, the clarinet player with the Ambrose Orchestra was visiting America and came to Louis' quite often.,,
    Subject notes (places): New York; London; California; Chicago. Subject notes (people): 'Alpha' (Smith but referred to as Alpha Armstrong); Leonard Feather; Danny Polo.,
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    Format notes: Both envelope and paper are plain paper - single sheet, single sided and typewritten Both envelope and letter headed '230 West 113th Street, Apt. 5E, New York'. Dated April 27th 1936.
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  • Letter
  • Copy Status
  • Original
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  • NJA keywords
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  • Physical Description
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  • Storage location
  • Loughton Archive-2
  • Name of creator
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • Language
  • English
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  • Out of copyright
  • No
  • Copyright expiry date
  • 31/12/2041
  • Copyright owner
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • Copyright holder birth date
  • 04/08/1901
  • Copyright holder death date
  • 06/07/1971
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  • Access Status
  • Open
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