Union card for Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1948
name: label: Issued by
content: American Federation of Musicians, founded 1896
label: Used by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A membership card for Cab Calloway in the Musicians' Protective Union, Local 208 of the American Federation of Musicians for the year 1948. The orange, rectangular card has rounded corners and is printed in black, red, and green ink. The front top left corner is stamped [No. 692] in red ink. The top reads [THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT / CAB CALLOWAY #58 / IS A MEMBER OF THE MUSICIANS' PROTECTIVE UNION, LOCAL 208 / American Federation of Musicians / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS]. Across the center of the card is the year [1948] in red with American Federation of Musicians seal in the middle, also in red. Stamped over top is [208] in large green numbers. The card is signed at the bottom [M.C. Buckner]. The opposite side of the card has two spaces at the top for [Signature of Member] and [Social Security Number], both of which are blank. The rest of the verso has four sections for quarterly dues paid, all of which are stamped [Dues Paid For This Quarter / JAN 26 1948] in black ink.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Archival Collections
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.273.1
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 × 3 7/8 in. (5.7 × 9.8 cm)