[Dixielandjazz] An Eight-Second Film of 1915 New Orleans and the Mystery of Louis Armstrong’s Happiness

[Charles Suhor]

When I think about how many newspaper-selling black kids with appealing smiles there might have been in the city as candidates for this photo, the dreamer in me would love to play the long shot and holler, "Eureka! That him!" But the best I can do is wish that it's so and give it more credibility than Elvis-sightings.

Charles

> On Jul 9, 2019, at 6:26 PM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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>> Thanks, Bill. I saw it using your link but couldn't begin to ID the kid in the clip. Let the legend live on, like the Bolden Edison recordings, Yeti, and unicorns..
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> Dear Charles
> When you reach my age in this disaster-prone modern mad, comic fake-news world we need to believe in the Bolden cylinder, Yetis, unicorns, Sanra Claus, tooth fairies, global warming and Louis' big grin.
> Cheers,
> Bill.
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