"Santamarias" Cuban Style Congas: Museum Object and Cultural History
"Santamarias" Cuban Style Congas: Object Name: business card. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Physical Description: ink (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This business card is for “Santamarias” Cuban Style Congas. It is made of white paper with black ink. It was in the Mongo Santamaría Collection (2005.0030). Printed on the card:
”SANTAMARIAS” Cuban Style Congas CSC 2700 W. Evans #20 Denver, CO 80219 Joe A. Garcia (303)934-3045
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (1917–2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s. Santamaria made several recordings as a leader of his own group, as well as a sideman with Fania All-Stars, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ray Charles.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: business card
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number: 2005.0030.22
- catalog number: 2005.0030.22
- accession number: 2005.0030
- Credit Line: Gift of Nancy Santamaria
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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