Everytime We Say Goodbye; Who Dat?: Museum Object and Cultural History
Everytime We Say Goodbye; Who Dat?: date made: 1940s. maker: United States Air Force. Object Name: sound recording.
The object in the museum catalogue
Army Air Forces Band, 1940s. side 1; Every Time We Say Goodbye; side 2. Who Dat?
78 rpm. Relates to the career of George A. Abbot during WWII.
George A, Abbott (1922-2008) was a trumpeter with the United States Army Air Force band from 1842-1945. After the war, Abbott attended UCLA, UC Berkeley and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1954. He was a member of the California State Bar and the Federal Bar. Abbott worked for the Department of the Air Force from 1958-1962 in San Diego. In 1962, Abbott was appointed Contracting Office for the Johnson Space Center, administering NASA contracts for the Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and Shuttle Programs at Rockwell Space System Division-Downey until his retirement in 1979.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1940s
- maker: United States Air Force
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: acetate (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- ID Number: 2011.0083.05
- accession number: 2011.0083
- catalog number: 2011.0083.05
- Credit Line: Gift of Alberta Z. Abbott
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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