Banks of the Wabash Jazz Fest Medallion: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This medallion is the Banks of the Wabash Annual Jazz Fest in Terre Haute, Indiana. It is a poker chip made yellow plastic with gold printing, on a beaded metal chain. The medallion is printed:

BANKS of the WABASH ANNUAL [image of riverboat] TERRE HAUTE INDIANA JAZZ FEST

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: medallion
• Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
• place made: United States: Indiana, Terre Haute
• ID Number: 2011.3086.125
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.125
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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