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whites-only Suburban Gardens, a nightclub in neighboring Jefferson Parish. Attempts to schedule performances for black New Orleanians during this tour were largely thwarted by his contract with Suburban Gardens, but, in 1935, Armstrong returned to New Orleans for three engagements at the Golden Dragon, a club located in the Astoria.
A handbill recently acquired by The Collection announces, “Biggest Event of the Season! Week of July 21-27 Our Own Louis Armstrong World-Famous Trumpet Soloist And His Orchestra at the Golden Dragon.” Including tax, admission for Armstrong’s Sunday matinee is given as $0.87, with $1.15 for his Sunday and Monday evening performances. Other events at the Golden Dragon that week included free concerts by the Rhapsodians Orchestra on Tuesday and Thursday and a Saturday-night dance featuring Kid Clayton’s band—admission, only $0.20. —PAMELA D. ARCENEAUX
Christine Laynaud Jaques Diary
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Self-taught French seamstress Ana'is Crozier, wife of Auguste Laynaud, established in late-19th-century New Orleans a dressmaking establishment known for copying and adapting current Parisian styles for the local social elite. When Madame Laynaud retired shortly before
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The Christine Laynaud Jaques diary, a gift of Jean Woods, chronicles the travels of a successful New Orleans seamstress and several family members as they journey overseas for pleasure, family visits, and stylistic inspiration. Jaques's playful and candid narrative captures the io^s -?nd tribulations of international travel prior to the Great Depression. Whether reporting how she dealt with an overstuffed sukcc—-lost luggage, unexpected hotd c'-argri, bad food, or pretentious tourist*, maintained keen insight and he; tenxd( humor—even when a large stash o? cascv she had brought on the voyage melted in the tropical heat off the Florida Key*. Oi_' sixteen pounds are reduced to a stklcv mass,” Jaques reported, “and we had a necessary to give much of it a war?* Ties' was, however, something about wh~h was most serious—her Roman faith and her quest to attend cL— meet the Pope.
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