Johnny Dankworth pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1951
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Johnny Dankworth, English, 1927 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: The Johnny Dankworth Seven, British, 1950 - 1953
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A promotional pencil for the Johnny Dankworth Seven from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The unsharpened graphite pencil has a red, hexagonal body with gold text that reads [Greetings from the Johnny Dankworth Seven] on one side.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: A2015.273.1.1.35
objectType: label: Type
content: pencils
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: paint on wood with graphite
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 × 1/4 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm)