Lake Havasu City Dixieland Jazz Fstival Button: Museum Object and Cultural History

Lake Havasu City Dixieland Jazz Fstival Button: date made: 1991. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.

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The object in the museum catalogue

This button is from the Dixieland Jazz Festival in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, in 1991. This round button has a light green background and black printing covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:

RAMADA LONDON BRIDGE RESORT 4th Annual DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL 1991 LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ

The Dixieland Jazz Festival is an annual event held in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, home of the reconstructed “New” London Bridge built in the 1830s. The bridge was purchased by Missouri entrepreneur Robert P. McCullough from the City of London in 1968, and installed in Lake Havasu City, a city he founded.

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: 1991
user: Levin, Floyd
Object Name: button
Physical Description: metal (overall material)
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Physical Description: ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 1/8 in; x 5.3975 cm
place made: United States: Arizona, Lake Havasu City
ID Number: 2011.3086.092
nonaccession number: 2011.3086
catalog number: 2011.3086.092
Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
Data Source: National Museum of American History

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