Dixieland Jubilee by the Sea Badge: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This button is from the “Dixieland Jubilee by the Sea” festival, in 1978. It is made of yellow paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back, and a white fabric ribbon attached to the bottom. The button is printed:

1978 DIXIELAND JUBILEE BY THE SEA [image of horn] PISMO BEACH, CALIF.

Founded in 1976, ”Dixieland Jubilee by the Sea” is an annual three-day festival held in Pismo Beach and Grover Beach, California. It is sponsored by the Basin Street Regulars, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of traditional jazz. The organization holds monthly meetings and concerts at Pismo Beach Memorial Veterans’ Hall. The organization also provides opportunities for young musicians to play alongside experienced musicians, as well as scholarships to jazz music camps for young jazz musicians.

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: 1978
• user: Levin, Floyd
• Object Name: button
• Object Name: badge
• Physical Description: metal (overall material)
• Physical Description: fabric (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 7 in x 3 1/8 in; 17.78 cm x 7.9375 cm
• place made: United States: California, Pismo Beach
• ID Number: 2011.3086.115
• nonaccession number: 2011.3086
• catalog number: 2011.3086.115
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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