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This black-and-white promotional photograph shows Armstrong seated in a modernist tubular steel chair, dressed in a double-breasted suit with a patterned tie, holding his trumpet loosely in his lap while turned slightly, mid-expression. The verso bears the stamp of Ava Studio, 99a Charing Cross Road, W.C.2, London, with the telephone number "Gerrard 4840" and the word "Copyright."

Armstrong inscribed the photograph in blue ink: "Best wishes, To Harry, from Louis Armstrong, 4/2/34."