All American Music Festival Patch: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This patch is from the All American Music Festival in Orlando, Florida. It is a made of a white fabric base with yellow, red, and blue embroidery. The patch is embroidered:

The All American Music Festival is an annual event that gives music students the opportunity to perform and compete as an ensemble as well as a soloist. The event is held each weekend from March through May and is open to all types of bands, choirs, orchestras, and soloists.

Floyd Levin (1922-2007) was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. His numerous reviews, profiles, and articles were published in magazines such as Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.

Materials, dates and provenance

• user: Levin, Floyd
• Object Name: patch
• Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
• Physical Description: thread (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 3 in; 8.5725 cm x 7.62 cm
• place made: United States: Florida, Orlando
• ID Number: 2011.3086.128
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.128
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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