[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong's Social Security Number application

[rahberry at comcast.net]

I do have egg on my face for my post about the Social Security 
application. 
I dug out my copy and realized that the new info learned from that 
form, signed by Louis, was that he knew the year he was born 
although he later changed it. 
I also heard that Michael Cogswell told an interviewer on NPR 
"Now we have THREE dates for Louis's birthday." He had seen 
the article my musician friend had written for the Mississippi Rag. 
This would have been in about 2001 or 2002. 


I hope I got this right this time! 
-- Rae Ann 


www.sfraeann.com 
www.youtube.com/sfraeann 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Crouch" <anton.crouch at optusnet.com.au> 
To: rahberry at comcast.net 
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> 
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:27:04 PM 
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong's Social Security Number application 

Hello all 

Three cheers for Rae Ann Berry, Håkan Forsberg and Ricky Riccardi. Even 
though the Social Security Number application doesn't resolve the issue 
of which birth date Armstrong believed, it's wonderful to have the 
document. And it was there in the Armstrong House Museum all the time. 

It's existence can be verified by going to the Museum site: 

http://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/collections/online_catalog.htm 

Click on "keyword search"; enter 2001.91.1; click "search" 

There is no graphic but there may be a way to get it posted to a site 
accessible to DJMLers. 

For those interested in the minutiae of Armstrong's life, the 
application was made in Los Angeles on 25 May 1937 when Armstrong was in 
Hollywood to record a number for the Paramount picture /Artists and 
models/. Details of the recording session are given in Jos Willems' 
discography (page105). 

All the best, 
Anton 
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