[Metropolitan Opera audience members, New York]

[Opening night audience at Metropolitan Opera, New York]

[Velma Middleton]

[Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton]

[Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton]

[Louis Armstrong and Velma Middleton]

[Arvell Shaw and Barney Bigard, Basin Street, New Orleans]

[Arvell Shaw, Basin Street, New Orleans]