Meisel Violin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Meisel Violin: date made: ca 1992. maker: Meisel, Kurt Lothar. Object Name: violin.
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Meisel Violin: date made: ca 1992. maker: Meisel, Kurt Lothar. Object Name: violin.

Stratocaster Electric Guitar: date made: 1995. maker: Fender Musical Instruments Corp.. Object Name: guitar.

Playonair Shoulder Rest: date made: 1975-1985. Object Name: shoulder rest. Physical Description: plastic (overall material).

Kelli, Legends Ball, Jersey City, June 1995: Date: June 1995. Photograph by: Gerard H. Gaskin, Trinidadian American, born 1965. Type: black-and-white photographs.

Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano: Date: 1974. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.
Stanley Clarke Signature Standard 4 String Bass: Date: after 1990. Owned by: Stanley Clarke, American, born 1951. Manufactured by: Alembic Inc., American, founded 1969.

Photographic print of Heavy D & the Boyz shooting a video: Date: February 27, 1988. Photograph by: Al Pereira, American, born 1963. Subject of: Heavy D & the Boyz, American, founded 1987.

Rhodes Keyboard used by Sly Stone: Date: 1981. Manufactured by: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927. Designed by: Harold Rhodes, American, 1910 - 2000.

Eric Sadler: Date: early 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: Eric Sadler, American, born 1961.

Shoe buffer from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.

Emmett W. Bassett, Ph. D. and Priscilla Tietjen Bassett Oral History Interview: Date: July 21, 2011. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Emmett W. Bassett Ph. D., American, 1921 - 2013.

Linda Fuller Degelmann Oral History Interview: Date: May 28, 2013. Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009. Interview of: Linda Fuller Degelmann, American.

Daphne Muse Oral History Interview: Date: November 14, 2023. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Trudy Hutcherson, American.

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

Sheet Music, Two Sleepy People: date made: 1938. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.

Roth Violin, used by Claude Williams: Date made: 1936. referenced: Stradivari, Antonio. user: Williams, Claude.

Louis Armstrong Button: user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button. Physical Description: ink (overall material).
Sheet music, "The Hard Cider Quick Step": Date made: 1840. associated date: 1840 05 04. associated institution: Whig Party.

Flip Phillips' 80th Birthday Party Medallion: date made: 1995. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: medallion.

Roy Rogers Favorite Cowboy Songs: publishing date: 1943. depicted (sitter): Rogers, Roy. publisher: Robbins Music Corporation.

Jersey JazzFest Badge: date made: 1995. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: badge.

Photograph of Rakim and his Benzeeto, Bleecker St., New York: Date: ca. 1988. Photograph by: Michael Benabib, American, born 1962. Subject of: Rakim, American, born 1968.

Don Pullen, 1993: Date: 1993. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Don Pullen, American, 1941 - 1995.

Love Will Never Do: Date: 1990. Created by: Janet Jackson, American, born 1966. Published by: A & M Records, American, 1962 - 1999.

Is This Love: Date: 1978. Signed by: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jamaican, 1963 - 1981. Published by: Island Records, Jamaican, founded 1959.

Sitar with tumba, acoustic pickup, and extra strings owned by Pete Cosey: Date: late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Manufactured by: Rowe Industries, American, 1940 - 1970.

Black fringe dress worn on Soul Train by dancer Sharon Hill: Date: ca. 1977. Designed by: Tamechi (Toney) Briggs, American. Worn by: Sharon Hill-Wood, American.

Sheet Music, The 3rd Man Theme: date made: 1949. Object Name: Sheet Music. Object Type: Sheet Music.

Country Song Roundup, No. 10: publication date: 1951. depicted (sitter): Autry, Gene. publisher: American Folk Publications, Inc..

Violoncello Bridge: Object Name: bridge. Physical Description: wood (overall material). Measurements: overall: 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 in; 1.42875 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.16 cm.

Bacon Banjo Mandolin: Date made: 1918-1920. date made: 1920-1922. maker: Bacon Banjo Co., Inc..

Noble "Thin Man" Watts, 1986: Date: ca. 1986. Photograph by: David D. Spitzer, American. Subject of: Noble "Thin Man" Watts, American, 1926 - 2004.

JDL and Tony Tone, Cold Crush Brothers: Date: early 1980s. Photograph by: Harry Allen, American, born 1964. Subject of: JDL, American, born 1961.

Tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: after 1953. Manufactured by: yApre' Cravats, Inc., American. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.

NAACP Image Award received by Della Reese: Date: 1996. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Received by: Della Reese, American, 1937 - 2017.
Disco ball from 1520 Sedgwick Avenue: Date: ca. 1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Used by: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955.

Photograph of a man carrying a contrabass in Detroit: Date: July 1967. Photograph by: Ira Rosenberg. Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men.

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and a woman in African textiles: Date: ca. 1960. Photograph by: Isaac Sutton, 1923 - 1995. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

The Xmen: Date: 1985; printed 2021. Photograph by: Jamel Shabazz, American, born 1960. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.

Schmidt Ukelin: Object Name: ukelin. Physical Description: mahogany (overall material). Physical Description: oak (overall material).