"Where is the Melody" Button: Museum Object and Cultural History
"Where is the Melody" Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).
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"Where is the Melody" Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).
Cellulose nitrate powder box from dresser set owned by Lena Horne: Date: mid 20th Century. Created by: Agalin, French. Used by: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010.

Storyboard page for Scream music video: Date: 1995. Designed by: Tom Foden, British. Subject of: Michael Jackson, American, 1958 - 2009.

Travis Scott photographed for Rolling Stone magazine: Date: 2018; printed 2022. Photograph by: Dana Scruggs. Subject of: Travis Scott, American, born 1991.

Business contract and letter between Club Harlem and the Dell-tones: Date: March 31, 1956. Created by: American Guild of Variety Artists, founded 1939. Used by: Club Harlem, American, 1935 - 1986.

Kabira and Wendy, Manhattan, NY 2016: Date: 2016. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Subject of: Wendy Ledesma, American.

DJ Mellow Dee (a/k/a Terminator X) Gets Swivvy (2 of 2): Date: early 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Terminator X, American, born 1966.

Cummerbund from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: late 20th century. Manufactured by: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.

Women singing at the NAACP Conference: Date: 1967; printed later. Photograph by: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014. Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women.

"Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag" sheet music by Irving Caesar: date made: 1955. Object Name: sheet music. Object Type: Sheet Music.

Mermod Freres Cylinder Music Box: date made: 1880-1890. maker: Mermod Freres. Object Name: music box.
Stevens Snare Drum: date made: 1812. maker: Stevens, Abner. Object Name: drum.

Melton Appalachian Dulcimer: date made: 1960 - 1965. maker: Melton, Jacob. maker: Melton, Jacob.

Novelty opium apothecary jar owned by Hazel Scott: Date: mid 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Hazel Scott, American, 1920 - 1981.

Prest-O-Size crossover tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th century. Manufactured by: I. Goldenberg, American. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.

Impecunious Davis: Date: 1902. Manufactured by: Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901 - 1929. Owned by: Vernon Sugg McDonald, American, 1906 - 1982.

Off the Cuff: Date: 1973. Produced by: Enterprise Records, American. Recorded by: Abu Talib, American, 1939 - 2009.

Melo-Pean Reed Organ (Melodeon): date made: 1860-1865. Object Name: organ (melodeon). Physical Description: rosewood (overall material).

Widmann 19-Keyed Basset Horn: Date made: 1853-1857. Object Name: basset horn. Physical Description: maple (overall material).

Maxim Saury Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).

The Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).

English Viola da gamba Bow: date made: 1740-1760. Object Name: bow. Physical Description: "horse-flesh" wood (overall material).

Opera Glasses: date made: ca 1850. retailer: Pike, Jr., Benjamin. Object Name: opera glasses.

Prop violin used by Lindsey Stirling in "Beyond the Veil" music video: date made: 20th century. associated date: 2014. performer: Stirling, Lindsey.

Carey Bell, 1988: Date: ca. 1988. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Carey Bell, American, 1936 - 2007.

Control: Date: 1986. Recorded by: Janet Jackson, American, born 1966. Type: audio cassettes.

Storyboard page for Scream music video: Date: 1995. Designed by: Tom Foden, British. Subject of: Michael Jackson, American, 1958 - 2009.

Clive Chin in front of his restaurant, Queens, NY, 1985: Date: 1985; printer 2004. Photograph by: Beth Lesser, Canadian. Subject of: Clive Chin, Jamaican, born 1954.

Colorado Jazz Party Button: Object Name: button. Object Name: pin. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 4 in; 1.27 cm x 8.89 cm x 10.16 cm.

Violin Mute: Object Name: mute. Physical Description: metal (overall material). Measurements: overall: 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; .3175 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm.

Sheet Music, Nine O'Clock Sal: date made: 1923. maker: LeRoy, Jack. maker: Hys, Billy.

Huron Mountain Banjo: date made: 1996. maker: Huron, John. Object Name: banjo.

Amherstdale, West Virginia: Date: ca. 1947. Photograph by: Arthur Leipzig, American, 1918 - 2014. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Pink, green, and gold floral brocade costume worn by Little Richard: Date: late 1960s. Designed by: Melvin James, American. Worn by: Little Richard, American, 1932 - 2020.

Washington, DC 2000: Date: 2000. Photograph by: Julie Gueraseva, American, founded 1975. Subject of: Jazzyfatnastees, American, founded 1992.

Tez and Marquise, Evisu Ball Manhattan, NY, October 2010: Date: October 2010. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Printed by: Light Work, American, founded 1973.

Blues Wake: Date: 2003. Created by: John T. Scott, American, 1940 - 2007. Subject of: Huddie William Ledbetter, American, 1888 - 1949.

Man at the Piano, Fountain House: Date: 1959. Photograph by: Frank Espada, Puerto Rican, 1930 - 2014. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Jamila Jones Oral History Interview: Date: April 27, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Jamila Jones, American, born 1944.