Colorado Jazz Party Button
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This button is from Dick Gibson’s Jazz Party, held at various venues in Colorado since its inception in 1963. The button is a round metal straight-pin back button with yellow and white stripes, and white and black text. These buttons were given to all Jazz Party-goers to simplify the billing for food and beverages.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Dick Gibson, a Denver businessman, began hosting his annual Jazz Party in 1963 as a means to reinvigorate the jazz scene, both in Colorado and around the country. These private gatherings brought together musicians and fans from all over the world in an intimate setting of weekend-long jam sessions. Initially hosted at the Broadmoor hotel, a resort located high in the mountains above Colorado Springs, Gibson eventually moved his party to Colorado Springs and Denver. This Jazz Party format has since inspired multiple other jazz parties throughout the United States.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
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content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Devra Hall Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.3087.66
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content: 2011.3087
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3087.66
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
label: Object Name
content: pin
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm