Rhapsody in Blue
date: label: date made
content: 1940s
name: label: maker
content: United States Air Force
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Army Air Force Band. side 1: Rhapsody in Blue [part 1]; side 2: Rhapsody in Blue [part 2] (Army Air Forces 502/510)
label: Description (Brief)
content: 78 rpm. Relates to the career of George A. Abbot during WWII.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>George A, Abbott (1922-2008) was a trumpeter with the United States Army Air Force band from 1842-1945. After the war, Abbott attended UCLA, UC Berkeley and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Hastings College of the Law in 1954. He was a member of the California State Bar and the Federal Bar. Abbott worked for the Department of the Air Force from 1958-1962 in San Diego. In 1962, Abbott was appointed Contracting Office for the Johnson Space Center, administering NASA contracts for the Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and Shuttle Programs at Rockwell Space System Division-Downey until his retirement in 1979.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alberta Z. Abbott
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0083.01
label: accession number
content: 2011.0083
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0083.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acetate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in; x 30.48 cm