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Photograph of Disc Jockey Bill “Hawk” Hawkins inside a pharmacy: Date: 1948-1958. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Bill Hawkins, American, 1909 - 1975.
Photograph of a woman dancing: Date: early 20th-mid 20th century. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.
Singer sewing machine and table from Mae's Millinery Shop: Date: 1956. Manufactured by: Singer Corporation, American, founded 1851. Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016.
Print of Cab Calloway standing in front of a French sign: Date: 1952-1954. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
Pair of Burlington socks from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Burlington Industries, American, 1923 - 2003. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
A. Peter Bailey Oral History Interview: Date: May 23, 2023. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Trudy Hutcherson, American.
Songs In The Key Of Life: Date: 1976. Produced by: Tamla Records, American, 1959 - 1988. Recorded by: Stevie Wonder, American, born 1950.
Roll 'Em Pete; Boogie Woogie: release date: 1941. recording date: 1938. recording date: 1936.
Violin Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/4 in x 1 5/16 in x 11/16 in; .635 cm x 3.33375 cm x 1.74625 cm.
Aubert Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 9/16 in x 3 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 1.42875 cm x 9.2075 cm x 10.4775 cm.
Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 9.04875 cm x 9.525 cm.
Remo Conga Drum: Date made: 1999. maker: Remo, Inc.. Object Name: drum.
Cello Fine Tuner: Object Name: fine tuner. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm.
Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 9.04875 cm x 8.89 cm.
Popular Concert Ruth Howell: date made: 1940s. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
Organ Voicing Table: date made: 1978. maker: Moore, David. Object Name: organ.
Chromogenic print of DMC onstage with Tupac watching: Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964. Subject of: Tupac Amaru Shakur, American, 1971 - 1996.
DMC on the set of "Tougher than Leather": Date: ca. 1987. Photograph by: Sebastian Piras, Italian, born 1960. Subject of: Darryl Matthews McDaniels, American, born 1964.
Joe Henderson, 1999: Date: ca. 1999. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Joe Henderson, American, 1937 - 2001.
Betty Carter, 1995: Date: 1995. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Betty Carter, American, 1929 - 1998.
Belt from an S1W uniform: Date: ca. 1992. Manufactured by: Outdoor Outfitters, American. Subject of: Public Enemy, American, founded 1982.
Billy Eckstine on stage, c. mid-1950s: Date: ca. 1955. Photograph by: Steve Jackson Jr., 1923 - 1999. Subject of: Billy Eckstine, American, 1914 - 1993.
Photograph of Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and Godfry Cambridge: Date: March 21, 1964. Photograph by: Bernard Gotfryd, Polish American, 1924 - 2016. Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003.
Box of spare buttons from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Distributed by: Swank, Inc., American, founded 1897.
I Sang The Blues Black: 9 Holes: Date: 2019. Created by: Adebunmi Gbadebo, American, born 1992. Type: multimedia works.
Software, Music Maker for the TI99/4A Microcomputer: date made: 1980. maker: Texas Instruments. Object Name: software.
Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival Button: date made: 1991. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
Country Song Roundup, No. 24: publication date: 1953. depicted (sitter): Williams, Hank. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..
LP Djembe Drum: Date made: 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: drum.
All American Music Festival Patch: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: patch. Physical Description: fabric (overall material).
Monterey Jazz Festival Button: date made: 1983. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
Aubert Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 9/16 in x 3 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in; 1.42875 cm x 9.2075 cm x 10.4775 cm.
Real photo postcard of the Tige Hales Concert Band: Object Name: postcard. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Physical Description: paper (overall production method/technique).
A Hundred Years From Now; There's No More Feudin' in the Mountains: recording date: 1945. recording date: 1944. recording artist: Robison, Carson.
The Great American Dixieland Jazz Festival Button: date made: 1988. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
Merveille et Cie Opera Glasses: date made: 1890-1900. user: Short, Martha Dunham. presenter: Short, Omar Jackson.
Mermod Freres Orchestra Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1888 - 1892. maker: Mermod Freres. Object Name: music box.
Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1880-1890. Object Name: music box. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
Shofar: Date made: before 1838. user: Sulzberger, Leopold. user: Cotton States Exposition.
Milt Hinton, 1991: Date: 1991. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Milt Hinton, American, 1910 - 2000.