Fan Club Card, autographed by Bobby Vinton: Museum Object and Cultural History
Fan Club Card, autographed by Bobby Vinton: date made: 1960s. date made: 1962. Associated Name: Vinton, Bobby.
The object in the museum catalogue
Bobby Vinton Fan Club Membership Card, featuring a color photograph of Vinton (b. 1935), whose autograph, "To Pat," is found on the card's back.
Vinton, a Polish-American crooner, had his frist number #1 hit in 1962 with "Roses Are Red, my Love." He is perhaps best remembered for the classic song "Blue Velvet," which topped the charts in 1963.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1960s
- date made: 1962
- Associated Name: Vinton, Bobby
- Object Name: autographed photograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 8.5 cm x 6 cm; 3 11/32 in x 2 3/8 in
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 2011.3043.50
- nonaccession number: 2011.3043
- catalog number: 2011.3043.50
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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