African American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong in the United States. Armstrong speaking during an interview. He says that he was born in 1900, in "James Alley." (He was actually born in 1901.) A large crowd gathered likely on Canal Street in New Orleans during Mardi Gras circa 1930s. A large float in the parade. Highlights of Louis's life. Louis Armstrong's childhood home, shortly before it was demolished in the mid-1960s. In 1901, Louis Armstrong is born on August 4th, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mary (Mayann) and William Armstrong. A photograph of Armstrong with his mother, Mayann, and sister, Mama Lucy (Beatrice), circa 1922. 1940s street views of the French Quarter in New Orleans, with characteristic ironwork and porches. A horse drawn carriage and a 1940s car parked in front of Antoine's Restaurant (713 St. Louis Street, New Orleans). Still photo images of Louis Armstrong's teachers Bunk Johnson, Joe 'King' Oliver and others. Louis Armstrong speaking and saying that he has played with all the best musicians. Still image of Louis Armstrong seated with a trumpet in his hand and other musicians standing beside him.
A trotting race in Goshen, New York. Hambletonian trot race gets underway as horses trot around the race track and spectators cheer. Best of three races being conducted to decide the winner. Volo Song wins the race.
New York City harbor waterfront at lower Manhattan as seen from the water, in New York, United States. View of Manhattan skyline, skyscrapers, and buildings from the water front. Barges and boats pass beneath the Brooklyn Bridge with smoke and steam emitting from stacks. Slow pan of Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn across to Manhattan. Views of traffic on the bridge including a streetcar and other cars and trucks. Scene changes to view of Williamsburg Bridge seen from atop the bridge itself. Cars and trucks are seen moving on the outer lanes of the Williamsburg Bridge, as a barge passes underneath. Side view of the Williamsburg Bridge connecting Williamsburg, Brooklyn with the lower east side of Manhattan. During this time and until 1924, this was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
Mansions and buildings in Newport, Rhode Island. A rocky shore and a driveway. Large buildings in a business district. Automobiles on a street. Pedestrians milling about on the street. A bunting draped house. Exteriors of a church and an inn. A streetcar moves on the road in front of the hotel or inn. A horse drawn carriage passes by and and numerous early model cars on a street. Exterior view outside the gate and inside the gate of "The Breakers" mansion owned by the wealthy Vanderbilt family. Traffic moving past he gated entrance to the mansion.
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Hardeeville, South Carolina. Three young men at the CCC camp. The men march around an area. They get onto trucks parked on a field. African American boys get onto trucks, Trucks loaded with African American CCC volunteers pull away. (Great Depression period)
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Hardeeville, South Carolina. African American CCC volunteers practice gardening as they work in a field during the Great Depression. They put up plants on the field. The boys build dikes as they push trolleys loaded with mud around the field. A man sounds a bugle and African American CCC volunteers line up at the camp grounds. African American boys lined up.
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