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Peninsula Jazz Party Button: Museum Object and Cultural History

Peninsula Jazz Party Button: date made: 1988. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

Cowboy's Swing; Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon: Museum Object and Cultural History

Cowboy's Swing; Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon: recording date: 1938. recording date: 1939. recording artist: Hank Penny and his Radio Cowboys.

A Gangster's Warning; True Blue Bill: Museum Object and Cultural History

A Gangster's Warning; True Blue Bill: recording date: 1931. recording artist: Autry, Gene. manufacturer: Oriole.

"Plantation Galop": Museum Object and Cultural History

"Plantation Galop": date made: ca 1885. user: Meggers, Edith R.. Object Name: roller organ roll.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain No. 2; She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain No. 2: Museum Object and Cultural History

In the Big Rock Candy Mountain No. 2; She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain No. 2: recording date: 1929. recording artist: Blake, Charley. recording artist: Cox, Bill.

When I'm the President; Good Old Times: Museum Object and Cultural History

When I'm the President; Good Old Times: recording date: 1932. recording artist: Dixon, Bob. manufacturer: Crown.

Moonlight Waltz; Red River Waltz: Museum Object and Cultural History

Moonlight Waltz; Red River Waltz: recording date: 1929. recording artist: Stripling Brothers. manufacturer: Melotone.

Walberg & Auge Snare Drum: Museum Object and Cultural History

Walberg & Auge Snare Drum: date made: 1903-1910. Object Name: drum. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

C. A. Seydel Söhne Fluteophone: Museum Object and Cultural History

C. A. Seydel Söhne Fluteophone: maker: C. A. Seydel Sohne. Object Name: harmonica. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

[Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Lena Horne, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Lena Horne, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Cab Calloway, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Cab Calloway, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, New York, N.Y., ca. May 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Lionel Hampton, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Lionel Hampton, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Coleman Hawkins and Miles Davis, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Coleman Hawkins and Miles Davis, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Cozy Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Sept. 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Cozy Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Sept. 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, New York, N.Y., ca. 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Mary Lou Williams, New York, N.Y., ca. 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Billy Eckstine, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Roy Eldridge, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Roy Eldridge, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Erroll Garner, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Erroll Garner, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Sid Catlett, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Sid Catlett, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Ethel Waters, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Ethel Waters, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.

[Portrait of Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore, and Lloyd Phillips, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]: History and Collection Facts

[Portrait of Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore, and Lloyd Phillips, Jimmy Ryan's (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]: Original format: Photo, print, drawing. Genre: graphic. Language: English.