Benny Goodman Commemorative Pin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Benny Goodman Commemorative Pin: date made: 1986. user: Levin, Floyd. depicted (sitter): Goodman, Benny.
The object in the museum catalogue
This commemorative pin was sold by LM Distributors, in 1986. It is a cast gold-tone metal pin with white and brown enamel, and a butterfly style clutch. Jazz musician and bandleader Benny Goodman is depicted on the pin. Accessioned with its original plastic holder. In enamel on pin:
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
- date made: 1986
- user: Levin, Floyd
- depicted (sitter): Goodman, Benny
- Object Name: pin
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: enamel (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 in x 1 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm x .9525 cm
- ID Number: 2011.3086.003
- nonaccession number: 2011.3086
- catalog number: 2011.3086.003
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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