Sax Appeal Button: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sax Appeal Button: date made: 1991. user: Levin, Floyd. Object Name: button.
The object in the museum catalogue
This button is made of white paper with black printing covered with a clear film, on a round two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:
Sax Appeal 1991 [image of peace symbol and soprano saxophone] Peace & Love Through Jazz
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: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 2011.3086.076
- nonaccession number: 2011.3086
- catalog number: 2011.3086.076
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucille Levin
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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