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Tez and Marquise, Evisu Ball, Manhattan, NY, October 2010: Date: October 2010. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Type: portraits.
Celebrating 15 Years Above Ground: Untitled: Date: 1995. Created by: ZEPHYR, American. Printed by: NEBO Fine Art Studio, American, founded 1980s.
Photograph of Velma Middleton: Date: ca. 1942. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Velma Middleton, American, 1917 - 1961.
Photograph of Louis Armstrong recording at the CBS Studio in New York: Date: 1940s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971.
We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space, Collage Study 9: Date: 2020. Created by: Sekou Cooke, Jamaican American. Subject of: Judge Langston C. McKinney Manor, American, founded 1990.
Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins at a record console: Date: 1948-1958. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.
Sheet Music, There's One More River We're Going to Cross (and That's the River Rhine): date made: 1918. maker: Olsen, Ole. maker: Jones, Isham.
Sousa's Band Maxitone Harmonica: date made: 1930-1950. maker: Hohner. Object Name: harmonica.
Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar): recording date: 1940. release date: 1947. recording artist: Will Bradley and his Orchestra.
You Call It Madness But I Call It Love; Tell Me Pretty Baby: recording date: 1945. recording date: 1946. recording artist: Eckstine, Billy.
Mandoline Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1840-1860. Object Name: music box. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
Country Song Roundup, No. 8: publication date: 1950. depicted (sitter): Dickens, Little Jimmy. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..
Scandinavian Violin: Date made: 1845-1855. Date made: 1869. Object Name: violin.
American Field Drum: date made: 1740-1799. Object Name: drum. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
LP Cowbell: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: bell.
Propeller Indiana’s Hand Bell: Object Name: bell. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Physical Description: metal (overall material).
Klemm & Brothers 4-Keyed Flute: date made: 1835-1865. maker: Klemm & Brothers. maker: Klemm & Brothers.
Photograph of Puff Daddy and Mase, NYC: Date: 1997. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Sean Combs, American, born 1969.
James Van Der Zee photographs Eubie Blake: Date: 1981. Photograph by: John Loengard, American, born 1934. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
Ann Jimerson Oral History Interview: Date: July 25, 2016. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American.
Give It Up / Bedlam: Date: 1994. Recorded by: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982. Distributed by: Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984.
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind; No One Else Will Do: date made: 1964. recording artist: Sunny and the Sunliners. manufacturer: Tear Drop.
Aluminum Double Bass: date made: ca 1934. Object Name: Double Bass. Physical Description: aluminum (overall material).
Guilty / She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain: date made: 1931. recording artist: Paull Sisters. recording artist: Phil Spitalny's Orchestra.
The Dream and Other Songs of Hope, Inspiration and Remembrance: In Memory of John F. Kennedy and All Those Who Died For Our Country: Object Name: sound recording. Physical Description: vinyl (overall material). Physical Description: paper (
Hat, leather jacket, and leather pants worn by Rakim: Date: 2006. Designed by: Dapper Dan, American, born 1945. Manufactured by: Scala, founded 1921.
Photograph of Mary J. Blige: Date: 1992-1997. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971.
Costume worn by Terry Ellis in “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” video: Date: 1992. Designed by: Danny Flynn. Worn by: Terry Lynn Ellis, American, born 1963.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, 1995: Date: ca. 1995. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American, 1924 - 2005.
Polaroid portrait of Kool Herc and Chuck Leonard at Stardust Ballroom: Date: ca. 1984. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955.
I Sang The Blues Black: 9 Holes: Date: 2019. Created by: Adebunmi Gbadebo, American, born 1992. Type: multimedia works.
Aaron Dixon Oral History Interview: Date: May 11, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Aaron Dixon, American, born 1949.
I Like Mountain Music; I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad): recording date: 1936. recording date: 1937. recording artist: Hoosier Hot Shots.
Everybody Stomp; Pick That Bass: recording date: 1935. recording date: 1937. recording artist: Hoosier Hot Shots.
Jazz Club of Sarasota Button: date made: 1991. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
Maxim Saury Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).
Charles Mingus, 1973: Date: 1973. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Charles Mingus, American, 1922 - 1979.
Josephine, My Jo.: Date: 1901. Composed by: James T. Brymn. Written by: R. C. McPherson.
Untitled: Date: 1973-1974. Photograph by: Gaylord Oscar Herron, American. Subject of: Robert Wilson, American, 1956 - 2010.
Photographic print of The Jaz, Queen Latifah, and Jay-Z: Date: September 1989. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Jaz-O, American, born 1964.