Award for All-American Band from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Pittsburg Courier All-American Band 1942 award from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The award won by Calloway in the Pittsburgh Courier’s 3rd Annual Band Contest, which was also sponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon, was for the position of Band Leader in the All-American Band for 1942. It is a small bronze medal shaped like an open scroll. Embossed text at the middle of the medal reads [AWARDED BY / PABST / BLUE / RIBBON / COURIER / ALL AMERICAN / 19 BAND 42]. The back of the medal is plain. The medal has a small post at the top and bottom center of the scroll. The post is pointed at the bottom and terminates in a flat point. The top post is capped with a circular bail and threaded through with a bronze jump ring.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1942
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Issued by: Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965
• Issued by: Pabst Brewing Company, American, founded 1844
• Received by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: medals
• Medium: bronze
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 11/16 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Ornamentation
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: A2015.273.1.1.46
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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