Loose pages from a Cotton Club program: Museum Object and Cultural History
Loose pages from a Cotton Club program: Date: 1937. Distributed by: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940. Photograph by: James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994.
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Loose pages from a Cotton Club program: Date: 1937. Distributed by: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940. Photograph by: James J. Kriegsmann, 1909 - 1994.

Lemaire opera glasses with image of a bee: date made: 1895-1905. Object Name: opera glasses. Object Type: opera glasses.

Sheet Music, There's a Little Box of Pine on the 7:29: date made: 1932. maker: Ettlinger, Joseph. maker: Brown, George.

Watching the Baptism: Date: 1995. Photograph by: Kenneth Royster, American, born 1944. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.

Man Made: Date: 2011. Published by: The Studio Museum in Harlem, American, founded 1968. Edited by: Samir S. Patel.
Cellulose nitrate buttonhook from dresser set owned by Lena Horne: Date: mid 20th Century. Created by: Agalin, French. Used by: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010.

Photograph of Carl Harvey playing Rastacasta electric guitar on stage: Date: 2012-2017. Subject of: Carl Harvey, Jamaican Canadian, born 1958. Photograph by: Susan J. Weiand, American.

Guitar case owned by Pete Cosey: Date: after 1984. Manufactured by: TKL Products Corp., American, founded 1984. Used by: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012.

Cecil J. Williams Oral History Interview: Date: June 9, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Cecil J. Williams, American, born 1937.

Walter Tillow Oral History Interview: Date: June 21, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Walter Tillow, American, born 1940.

Photograph of Ed Lover and Will Smith: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Ed Lover, American, born 1963.

Sheet Music, Two Blind Loves: date made: 1939. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.

Radio 1 Minute Spots With Jingle; Radio 30 Second Spots: Object Name: Sound Recording. Physical Description: vinyl (overall material). Measurements: overall: 7 in; x 17.78 cm.

Violin Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 11/16 in x 11/16 in; .635 cm x 1.74625 cm x 1.74625 cm.

LP Omele / Itolele Batá Drum: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: drum.

Derby Mute: manufacturing date: 1927-1945. Object Name: mute. Physical Description: stone (overall material).

LP Oconcolo Batá Drum: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: drum.

Country Song Roundup, No. 6: publication date: 1950. depicted (sitter): Tubb, Ernest. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..

"Playmates": date made: 1889. user: Bonehill, Bessie. maker: George M. Klenk & Co..

The Rosary; Our Lady of Fatima: release date: 1951. recording date: 1950. recording artist: Foley, Red.
Pair of boots from an S1W uniform: Date: ca. 1992. Manufactured by: Magnum, founded 1982. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.

Photograph of Sha-Rock, The Valley, NYC: Date: June 1980. Photograph by: Charlie Ahearn, American. Subject of: MC Sha-Rock, American, born 1962.

Photograph of "Wall Mural Tupac Shakur Live by the Gun" by Andre Charles: Date: February 1997; printed 2003. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Created by: Andre P. Charles, American, born 1968.
Microphone box used by Ralph McDaniels on the television show Video Music Box: Date: ca. 1988. Created by: Unidentified. Used by: Ralph McDaniels, American.

Photograph of a woman seated in a booth: Date: ca. 1937. Photograph by: Hughey J. Battelle. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.

Three Times A Lady: Date: 1978. Published by: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., founded 1919. Composed by: Lionel Richie, American, born 1949.

Poster of Della Reese: Date: late 20th century - early 21st century. Created by: Jenny Risher. Subject of: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017.

We Shall Overcome: Date: 1963. Published by: Mercury Records, American, founded 1945. Recorded by: The Freedom Singers, American, founded 1962.

Sheet Music, In a Little Two-by-Four for Two: date made: 1928. maker: Hoffman, Al. maker: Brown, George B..

Yamaha Mini Harmonica on Key Ring: date made: 1990. maker: Yamaha Corporation. Object Name: harmonica.

Pepper Snare Drum: Date made: ca 1898. maker: J. W. Pepper & Son. Object Name: drum.

American Five-String Fretless Banjo: date made: 1878-1882. Object Name: banjo. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

The March of Jazz Medallion: date made: 2000. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: medallion.

Catalogue of The Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments: Date made: 1872. maker: Strangeways, John. Object Name: Book.

1963 Ak-Sar-Ben World Championship Rodeo and Western Hall of Fame: date made: 1963. Associated Name: Pearl, Minnie. Associated Name: Snow, Hank.

Digital print of Snoop Dogg, NYC: Date: 1992; printed 2003. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Snoop Dogg, American, born 1971.

Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits: Date: 1967. Distributed by: Reprise Records, American, founded 1960. Recorded by: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974.

Photograph of Mary J. Blige at the NY Music Awards after party at China Club: Date: 1992; printed 2003. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971.

Photograph of Fab 5 Freddy in NYC: Date: early 1990s. Photograph by: Lisa Leone, American, born 1966. Subject of: Fab 5 Freddy, American, born 1959.

Nicodemus on the Mike, U-Brown on the Spliff: Date: 1987; printed 2004. Photograph by: Beth Lesser, Canadian. Subject of: King Sturmar Roots, Jamaican.