Platform boots worn by Little Richard: Museum Object and Cultural History
Platform boots worn by Little Richard: Date: 1970s. Created by: Rino Orsato, Italian. Worn by: Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020.
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Platform boots worn by Little Richard: Date: 1970s. Created by: Rino Orsato, Italian. Worn by: Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020.

Photograph of Nina Simone with James Baldwin: Date: 1965. Created by: Bernard Gotfryd, Polish American, 1924 - 2016. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.

Bull Moose Party Band Button: date made: early 1980s. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
Wright Presentation Flugelhorn: date made: ca 1863. Object Name: flugelhorn. Physical Description: nickel silver (overall material).

Underwood Manuflex Finger Excercise Machine: Date made: ca. 1950. maker: Underwood. Object Name: finger exerciser.
Seek No Further March: Date: 1883. Written by: Horace Weston, American, 1825 - 1890. Published by: S. S. Stewart, American, 1878 - 1910.

Group portrait of a jazz band at high school prom: Date: 1948 - 1970s. Created by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Copy work print of a photograph of Randy's Record Store and Studio 17: Date: ca. 1962. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Randy's Record Mart, Jamaican, 1958 - 1979.

Cecil McBee, 1978: Date: 1978. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Cecil McBee, American, born 1935.

Freddie Hubbard, 1990: Date: 1990. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Freddie Hubbard, American, 1938 - 2008.

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett seated surrounded by African drums: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Silverplate earrings designed by Winifred Mason Chenet: Date: 1951-1963. Created by: Winifred Mason Chenet, American, 1912 - 1993. Type: jewelry.

Leblanc B-Flat Trumpet, used by Charlie Shavers: date made: 1950-1965. maker: G. Leblanc Corporation. Object Name: trumpet.

Jazz Interactions Inc. Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).

Double Clarinet Case: date made: 1930s. user: Lindemann, Robert. Object Name: case.

Henderson N. White Co. Boehm System Clarinet: Date made: 1930-1940. maker: Henderson N. White Co.. Object Name: clarinet.

Couesnon & Cie. Albert System Clarinet: date made: 1888-1892. maker: Couesnon & Cie. Object Name: clarinet.

Autopiano: date made: after 1905. maker: Whitehead & Hoag Company. Object Name: bookmark.

Goodrich Pipe Organ: date made: 1813-1817. maker: Goodrich, Ebenezer. Object Name: organ.

Slow Fade to Black: Sarah Lois Vaughan: Date: 2009-2010. Photograph by: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953. Subject of: Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990.

Photograph of Count Basie: Date: 1935-1950. Photograph by: Calvert Studio, American. Subject of: Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984.

Joshua Redman, 1990: Date: ca. 1990. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Joshua Redman, American, born 1969.
Gelatin silver print of Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra: Date: ca. 1932. Photograph by: Standard Photo Service, American. Subject of: Jimmie Lunceford, American, 1902 - 1947.

Singer Ray Charles and the Rayletts performing “What I Say” at the Kennedy Center: Date: May 17, 1980. Photograph by: Milton Williams, American, born 1940. Subject of: Ray Charles, American, 1930 - 2004.

Songs in the Key of Life: Date: 1976. Recorded by: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950. Distributed by: Motown Record Corporation, American, founded 1959.

I Sang The Blues Black: 9 Holes: Date: 2019. Created by: Adebunmi Gbadebo, American, born 1992. Type: multimedia works.

Laura Jones Oral History Interview: Date: October 31, 2017. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Interview of: Laura Jones, Canadian American, born 1948.

Cecilia Suyat Marshall Oral History Interview: Date: June 30, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Cecilia Suyat Marshall, American, 1928 - 2022.

LP Wood Block: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: wood block.

Harmon Wow Wow Trumpet Mute: manufacturer: G. Leblanc Corporation. Object Name: mute. Physical Description: aluminum (overall material).

Kratt New Super SN-6 Pitch Pipe: manufacturer: Wm. Kratt Co.. Object Name: pitch pipe. Physical Description: metal (overall material).

American Five-String Fretless Banjo: date made: 1800-1899. Object Name: banjo. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

Tenor Cornetto: date made: 1905. unspecified: Smithsonian Institution. maker: Luscombe, Charles.

Buffet-Crampon 13-Keyed Clarinet: date made: 1893. maker: Buffet-Crampon & Cie.. Object Name: clarinet.

Chromogenic print of Method Man in Greenwich Village: Date: 1997. Photograph by: Ricky Powell, American, 1961 - 2021. Subject of: Method Man, American, born 1971.

Chromogenic print of Mike Jones in his car: Date: 2005. Photograph by: Jack Thompson, American. Subject of: Mike Jones, American, born 1981.

Photograph of Soul 4 Real, Heavy D, Andre Harrell, and Dick Clark: Date: 1994. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Soul for Real, American, founded 1992.

Photograph of 2 Live Crew fans in Miami, Florida: Date: 1994; printed 2003. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: 2 Live Crew, American, 1985 - 2014.

Photograph of Del Shields, Hazel Scott, and Nina Simone: Date: 1960s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
Piano bench from Pilgrim Baptist Church used by Thomas Dorsey: Date: 1930s. Used by: Thomas Andrew Dorsey, American, 1899 - 1993. Created by: The Cable Piano Company, American, founded 1880.