WHERE: 34-56 107th St., Corona (Queens) New York City
HOURS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
ADMISSION: $10 general and $7 students, seniors and children
TOURS: Every hour on the hour
Armstrong ‘firsts’
* In 1936 he became the first African-American jazz musician to write an autobiography, “Swing That Music.”
* That same year he became the first African-American to get featured billing in a major Hollywood movie, “Pennies From Heaven” with Bing Crosby.
* In 1937 he became the first African-American entertainer to be the host of a nationally sponsored radio show when he took over Rudy Vallee’s “Fleischmann’s Yeast Show.”,
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