Dean Dixon, American Youth Orchestra: Museum Object and Cultural History
Dean Dixon, American Youth Orchestra: Date: 1944-1949. Photograph by: Arthur Leipzig, American, 1918 - 2014. Subject of: Dean Dixon, American, 1915 - 1976.
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Dean Dixon, American Youth Orchestra: Date: 1944-1949. Photograph by: Arthur Leipzig, American, 1918 - 2014. Subject of: Dean Dixon, American, 1915 - 1976.

Custom Mapex hanging 14-inch tom drum owned by Will Calhoun: Date: 2005. Manufactured by: Mapex, Taiwanese, founded 1989. Used by: Will Calhoun, American, born 1964.

Set of medium violin strings owned by Bo Diddley: Date: mid 20th century. Created by: Thomastik-Infeld, Austrian, founded 1919. Owned by: Bo Diddley, American, 1928 - 2008.

What's Going On: Date: 1971. Produced by: Tamla Records, American, 1959 - 1988. Recorded by: Marvin Gaye, American, 1939 - 1984.

Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival Button: date made: 1995. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

Thomas Weygandt 4-Keyed Flute: date made: 1840-1861. maker: Weygandt, Thomas Jefferson. Object Name: flute.

Pond & Co. Fife: date made: ca 1863. maker: William A. Pond & Co.. maker: William A. Pond & Co..

Timbaland: Date: 2008; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: Timbaland, American, born 1972.

Photograph of Thelonius Monk and Walt Harper with autographs: Date: 1965. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Thelonious Monk, American, 1917 - 1982.

50 cent: Date: 2008; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: 50 Cent, American, born 1975.

Photograph of Queen Latifah during the filming of "Fly Girl" video: Date: June 23, 1991; printed 2003. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Queen Latifah, American, born 1970.

Photographic print of Isis and her son Miles: Date: June 25, 1991. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Isis, American, born 1969.

Photograph of The Sequence: Date: 1980. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: The Sequence, American, 1979 - 1985.

We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Collage Study 6: Date: 2020. Created by: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American. Type: digital media - born digital.

Pair of blue Clarks Wallabees shoes worn by Slick Rick: Date: 2003 - 2004. Manufactured by: C. and J. Clark International Ltd., British, founded 1825. Subject of: Slick Rick, British American, born 1965.

Set of medium viola strings owned by Bo Diddley: Date: mid 20th century. Manufactured by: Thomastik-Infeld, Austrian, founded 1919. Owned by: Bo Diddley, American, 1928 - 2008.

Freeman A. Hrabowski, Ph. D. Oral History Interview: Date: August 14, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Freeman A. Hrabowski Ph. D., American, born 1950.

Record player from the set of Scandal: Date: 2003-2010. Manufactured by: Crosley Radio, American, founded 1993. Used by: Joe Morton, American, born 1947.

Flute Case: date made: 1878-1882. Object Name: case. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

Gibson Tenor Banjo, used by Frances Chenoweth: date made: 1927. user: Chenoweth, Frances. user: Coan, Frances Chenoweth.

Viola Mute: Object Name: mute. Physical Description: leather (overall material). Physical Description: plastic (overall material).

Country Song Roundup, No. 19: publication date: 1952. depicted (sitter): Smith, Carl. depicted (sitter): Snow, Hank.

Country Song Roundup, August 1964: publication date: 1964. depicted (sitter): Arnold, Eddy. depicted (sitter): Lord, Bobby.

Ticket Stub, "The Beatles": date made: 1964. described: Beatles. Object Name: ticket stub.

Tenor Cornetto: date made: 1905. maker: Luscombe, Charles. Object Name: cornetto.

The Audience at the Latex Ball, Roseland Ballroom, Manhattan, NY, 2007: Date: August 2007. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: GMHC, American, founded 1981.

Cream duster coat designed by Manuel Cuevas and worn by George Clinton: Date: 2009. Designed by: Manuel, Mexican American, born 1933. Worn by: George Clinton, American, born 1941.

In Motion: Date: 1998; printed 2021. Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960. Subject of: Kid Freeze, American.

Slow Fade to Black: Josephine Baker: Date: 2009-2010. Photograph by: Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953. Subject of: Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975.

Photograph of Bill “Hawk” Hawkins, Mantan Moreland, and Paul Williams: Date: ca. 1954. Photograph by: James A. Joyce, American. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.

Doctor Dré & Flavor Flav, Snapping Contest Standoff and Result (2 of 2): Date: 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Doctor Dré, born 1963.

Track sheet used during the recording of "Ladies First" by Queen Latifah: Date: October 13, 1989. Created by: Mark James, American, born 1961. Subject of: Queen Latifah, American, born 1970.

Chromogenic print of Channel 1 Studio: Date: 2002. Photograph by: Adrian Boot, British, born 1947. Subject of: Channel One Studios, Jamaican, founded 1972.

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, 1987: Date: 1987. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, American, 1917 - 1988.

Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins standing at a WSRS microphone: Date: 1948-1958. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.

Red trousers worn by Fats Domino: Date: late 20th Century. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: Fats Domino, American, 1928 - 2017.

BLK Vol. 2 No. 2: Date: February 1990. Published by: Alan Bell, American. Edited by: Alan Bell, American.

Courtland Cox Oral History Interview: Date: July 8, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Courtland Cox, American, born 1941.

Photograph of K-Ci, Lisa Glasberg, and JoJo: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: K-Ci, American, born 1969.

Photograph of Lisa Glasberg, Muhammad Ali, and Doctor Dré: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.