Flier for "The T-Connection Discos' Down With... The Herculords": Museum Object and Cultural History
Flier for "The T-Connection Discos' Down With... The Herculords": Date: November 1979. Created by: PHASE 2, American, 1955 - 2019. Subject of: T-Connection, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A tan and white photocopied flier for a Thanksgiving event by The Herculords at T-Connection in the Bronx, New York. The vertical flier has an Art Deco geoometric design of overlapping circles and is decorated with stars. It has been cut out around the edge of the design, with three circles at the top and a rounded bottom edge. Circular portraits of the five featured DJs are featured at the top. Black text reads: [THE T-CONNECTION DISCO’S DOWN WITH / THE HERCULORDS / CLARK / KENT / SWEET / N’ / SOUR / JAY / CEE / TONY / D / KOOL / HERC / AND / IT’S KOOL KOOL “THE STARCHILD” / “GRAND WIZARD THEODORE” / Master ROB, KEVIE KEV, STARSKY / IT’S ALL HAPPENING THANKSGIVING DAY/ THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1979 THE T-CONNECTION / 2 TRAIN or 55 BUS to GUN HILL ROAD / LADIES FREE BEFORE 10pm DAMAGE 2$ / 3$ ALL AFTER 12pm. NO WEAPONS]. On bottom right edge, along the margin in black typeface: [PHASETWO].
On the back of the flier, handwritten in black pen is [DJ MR ACE / DJ DISCO DOLY / DJ EDGAR / MC RAY GEE / MC LITTLE Leslie / The Chabo Crew].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: November 1979
- Created by: PHASE 2, American, 1955 - 2019
- Subject of: T-Connection, American
- Subject of: The Herculords, American
- Subject of: DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American, born 1955
- Subject of: DJ Clark Kent
- Subject of: MC Sweet & Sour
- Subject of: DJ J.C., American, 1961 - 2022
- Subject of: Tony D
- Type: fliers (printed matter)
- Medium: toner on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Break dancing
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: DJs (Musicians)
- Topic: Graphic design
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Nightlife
- Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2022.73.10.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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