The Jazz Party Minneapolis Button: Museum Object and Cultural History
The Jazz Party Minneapolis Button: date made: 1988. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
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The Jazz Party Minneapolis Button: date made: 1988. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

Microsoft Windows NT Development Board, Jazz Rev 1 with MIPS r4000 Processor: Date made: 1990. maker: Microsoft Corporation. Object Name: microcomputer component.

M.J. Paillard Co. Orchestra Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1880-1895. Object Name: music box. Physical Description: wood (overall material).

Selmer Flute Case: date made: ca 1946. maker: Selmer. Object Name: case with accessories.

Customized Jacket, worn by Crazy Legs: user: Colon, Richard. maker: Timberland. Object Name: jacket.

Fife: associated date: 1861 - 1865. Object Name: Fife. Measurements: overall: 16 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 42.545 cm x 1.905 cm x 1.905 cm.

Parker Fly Electric Guitar: Date made: 1997. maker: Parker Guitars. Object Name: guitar.
Bass guitar used by Norwood Fisher in the band Fishbone: Date: 1980s. Created by: Peavey Electronics, American, founded 1965. Used by: John Norwood Fisher, American, born 1965.

Fania Davis, Ph.D., Oral History Interview: Date: November 16, 2023. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Trudy Hutcherson, American.

Polaroid photograph of Busta Rhymes, Lisa Glasberg, and LL Cool J: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Busta Rhymes, American, born 1972.

Violin Parts: Object Name: violin parts. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: 75.02, each: 13/16 in x 14 3/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 2.06375 cm x 37.465 cm x 11.1125 cm.

C. G. Conn C Melody Saxophone: date made: ca 1920. manufacturer: C. G. Conn Ltd.. Object Name: saxophone.

Greentown Jazz Band: date made: late 1980s. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

Sheet Music, My Cutey's Due at Two-to-Two: date made: 1926. maker: Robin, Leo. Object Name: Sheet Music.

Prince & Co. Reed Organ (Melodeon): date made: ca 1850. Object Name: organ (melodeon). Physical Description: rosewood (overall material).

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett gazing at a painting: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Photographic print of Millie Small, Vincent Chin, and an unidentified woman: Date: 1964; printed later. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Vincent G. Chin, Jamaican, 1937 - 2003.

B.B. King Instrumentals: Date: late 20th century - early 21st century. Written by: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015. Owned by: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015.

Robert L. Carter Oral History Interview: Date: October 22, 2010. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Robert L. Carter, American, 1917 - 2012.

Marc Steiner Oral History Interview: Date: August 2, 2017. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Interview of: Marc B. Steiner, American, born 1946.

NAACP Plaque, presented to Bobby Short: presentation date: 1986. recipient: Short, Bobby. presenter: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Horstmann Brothers & Co. Military Trumpet: date made: 1879 - 1882. maker: Horstmann Brothers & Company. Object Name: trumpet.

Louis Armstrong Statue Fund Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).

Sheet Music, Fifth Avenue Bus: date made: 1946. maker: Bloom, Rube. Object Name: sheet music.
Printed lyrics for the Song of the First of Arkansas: Date: 1864. Attributed to: Lindley Miller, American, 1834 - 1864. Printed by: Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, 1863 - 1865.

Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations on Broadway: Original TV Sound Track: Date: 1969. Published by: Motown Record Corporation, American, founded 1959. Recorded by: Diana Ross, American, born 1944.

Koko Taylor, 1991: Date: 1991. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Koko Taylor, American, 1928 - 2009.

Photograph of Mahalia Jackson with Dr. Martin Luther King: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Mahalia Jackson, American, 1911 - 1972.

Keaton Music Typewriter: date made: 20th century. maker: Keaton Music Typewriter Company. Object Name: typewriter.

Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival Badge: date made: 1990. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: badge.

I (heart) California Rhythm Kings Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Object Name: badge.

Country Song Roundup, August 1957: publication date: 1957. depicted (sitter): Presley, Elvis. depicted (sitter): Perkins, Carl.

Hale Upright Piano: date made: 1875 - 1899. Object Name: piano. Physical Description: iron (frame material).

Mason and Hamlin Reed Organ: date made: 1895-1898. maker: Mason & Hamlin. Object Name: organ.

The Factory Girl's Song: date made: 1840s. date made: 1835 - 1855. Object Name: broadside.

Prince: Date: 2004; printed 2019. Photograph by: Platon, British, born 1968. Subject of: Prince, American, 1958 - 2016.

Albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir: Date: ca. 1894. Photograph by: Elmer Chickering, American, 1857 - 1915. Subject of: South African Kaffir Choir, African, 1894 - 1916.

We Insist! Max Roach's - Freedom Now Suite: Date: 1960; re-released 2013. Composed by: Max Roach, American, 1924 - 2007. Written by: Oscar Brown, American, 1926 - 2005.

Photographic print of KRS-One in Central Park: Date: June 15, 1991. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: KRS-One, American, born 1965.

Dizzy Gillespie, 1973: Date: 1973. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Dizzy Gillespie, American, 1917 - 1993.