Gjon Mili
Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session

Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session

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Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session
Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session
ArtistAmerican, born Albania, 1904–1984
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Singer Mildred Bailey and Louis Armstrong Playing Trumpet in Esquire Jam Session
Date1944
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.8 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 1/2 in. (33.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jordan Finn
Object number2015.594
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by Jordan Finn, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper right in ink: Louis Armstrong; center right: 14342; lower right: Mili; center in pencil reading vertically: 6 / Esquire Jam; bottom edge center: PF88818; bottom right: 444
verso lower left a stamp: © Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder.; top right a printed paper sticker: TIME INC. PICTURE COLLECTION / [bar code] / 001337280; upper left a printed paper label with ink additions: FILE IN: / VINTAGE PRINT FILE / PHOTOGRAPHER: Mili / FROM: / DATE: 14342; lower right an indistinct stamp: GJON MILI / 6 EAST 23RD STREET / NEW YORK, N.Y.

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