Contributed by an individual through Maine Historical Society
Description
Dave Glovsky, left, a proprietor of a popular guessing booth at Old Orchard Beach from 1945 to the 1990s with noted jazz musician Louis Armstrong on his scale-chair.
Armstrong (1901-1971) was a trumpet player, band leader, and one of the best known musicians in the country.
Glovsky (1909-1997) entertained many celebrities who visited Old Orchard to perform.
About This Item
- Title: Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955
- Creation Date: circa 1955
- Subject Date: circa 1955
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
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- Amusement parks--Maine-Old Orchard Beach
- Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971--Photographs
- Business enterprises--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Curiosities & wonders--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Divination--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fortune telling--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Glovsky, Dave, 1909-1997--Photographs
- Musicians
- Palace Playland (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Signs (Notices)--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Street entertainers--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
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