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Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins with an unidentified man: Date: 1950-1958. Photograph by: Schaeffer Photo, American. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.
Gelatin silver print of Fats Navarro and friend: Date: 1940-1950. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Theodore "Fats" Navarro Jr., American, 1923 - 1950.
Jacket worn by Kevin Owens: Date: 1980s. Created by: Tony Chase, American, 1952- ca. 1990. Owned by: Luther Vandross, American, 1951 - 2005.
Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: 1954-1960. Manufactured by: Vaughan Novelty Manufacturing Company, American, 1910 - 1984. Distributed by: Regal Pale Brewing Company, American, 1916 - 1960.
Photograph of Abiodun Oyewole and Jalal Nuriddin: Date: 1980s. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Abiodun Oyewole, American, born 1948.
Shirt for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume: Date: 2015. Designed by: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian. Type: shirts.
"Orchestra" printed fabric; Prentiss Lane, Inc.; 1960: date made: 1960. associated dates: 1960 10 20 / 1960 10 20. Object Name: Fabric Sample.
Freddie Jett's Pied Piper Club Plaque, presented to Villiam Alonzo "Cat" Anderson: presentation date: 1971. Object Name: plaque. Measurements: overall: 7 in x 9 in x 1 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm.
Kazoo Company Kazoo: date made: ca 1894. Object Name: kazoo. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
Violin (1/4 size): Date made: 1700-1725. Object Name: violin. Measurements: overall: 18 5/8 in x 5 13/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 47.3075 cm x 14.7955 cm x 8.255 cm.
Composite Violin: Date made: 1700-1799. date made: ca 1680. Object Name: violin.
Sputnik Dance / I'll Be the One; A Vision / Stay a Little Longer: Date made: 1958. maker: RCA Victor. Object Name: sound recording.
Country Song Roundup, No. 13: publication date: 1951. depicted (sitter): Snow, Hank. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..
Potomac River Jazz Club Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).
The Tender Chord: date made: 19th-early 20th century. Object Name: stereograph. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
C. J. Chenier, 1993: Date: ca. 1993. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: C. J. Chenier, American, born 1957.
The children’s choir of Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., 1998: Date: 1998; printed 2012. Photograph by: Jason Miccolo Johnson, American. Subject of: Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC, American, founded 1804.
Portrait of Whitney Houston: Date: February 1982; printed 1990s. Photograph by: Jack Mitchell, American, 1925 - 2013. Subject of: Whitney Houston, American, 1963 - 2012.
Pool Baptism I: Date: 1995. Photograph by: Kenneth Royster, American, born 1944. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Amazing Grace: Date: 1972. Recorded by: Aretha Franklin, American, 1942 - 2018. Subject of: Rev. James Cleveland, American, 1931 - 1991.
Selena Williams and Bonnie Taylor-Williams Oral History Interview: Date: September 14, 2019. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Trudy Hutcherson, American.
Photographic print of Ashanti and her sister, Shia, at the Meadowlands: Date: December 20, 2003; printed 2004. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Ashanti, American, born 1980.
Sarah Vaughan: Date: 1955. Photograph by: Hugh Cecil Lancelot Bell, American, 1927 - 2012. Subject of: Sarah Vaughan, American, 1924 - 1990.
Jacket worn by B.B. King to the 45th Annual Grammy Awards: Date: ca. 2003. Manufactured by: E. House, Chinese. Owned by: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015.
Cassette tape with recording of Salt-N-Pepa on Hot 97: Date: 1996. Created by: Hot 97, American, founded 1948. Subject of: Lisa Glasberg, American, born 1956.
Photograph of Mary J. Blige with Hot 97 staff: Date: ca.1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Mary J. Blige, American, born 1971.
Elton Harmonica Holder: date made: after 1967. Object Name: harmonica holder. Physical Description: metal (overall material).
Back In Your Own Back Yard; I'm Pickin' the Blues: release date: 1948. recording artist: Atkins, Chet. recording artist: Page Cavanaugh Trio.
Blue Yodel (T For Texas); Away Out on the Mountain: recording date: 1927. recording artist: Rodgers, Jimmie. composer: Rodgers, Jimmie.
Violin Mute: Object Name: mute. Physical Description: brass (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 in; .3175 cm x 2.8575 cm x 2.54 cm.
Les Deux Grenadiers; Elegie: date made: ca 1920. recording artist: Huberdeau, Gustave. manufacturer: Perfect.
Photograph of the Sunshine Players, including Buster Keaton: date made: ca 1918. associated dates: 1918 00 00 / 1918 00 00. depicted: Keaton, Buster.
Photograph of House of Pain on the set of "Who's the Man," Harlem, NYC, 1993: Date: 1993. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: House of Pain, American, 1991 - 2011.
Photograph of Felton W. Williams Jr. playing an electric console steel guitar: Date: 1960s - 1970s. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Felton W. Williams Jr., American, 1934 - 2012.
Photograph of six female dancers performing at Club 845: Date: 1950-1951. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999.
Audio Two at Haagen-Dazs: Date: 1985-1986. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Audio Two, American, 1987 - 1992.
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences medal received by Cab Calloway: Date: 1977. Issued by: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957. Received by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
Light blue knit dress and jacket with piano brooch: Date: 1960s. Manufactured by: Jelleff's, American, 1910 - 1979. Subject of: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007.
Photograph of Mother's Day event at Hot 97: Date: ca. 1995. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Lisa Glasberg, American, born 1956.
Musette Bagpipe: date made: 19th century. Object Name: bagpipe. Physical Description: snakewood (overall material).