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This promotional photograph card, issued by Parlophone Records, bears the printed text "Louis Armstrong on Parlophone Records" in the upper left corner. The black-and-white image shows Armstrong seated, leaning slightly forward in a suit and patterned tie, holding his trumpet in both hands and smiling directly at the camera.

The photograph was taken by Ava Studios, London, in September 1933, coinciding with Armstrong's early visits to England and his recording work for Parlophone, the British label that served as a primary UK outlet for his recordings during that period.