Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society Button
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content: Levin, Floyd
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content: <p>This button is from the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is a round button with a white background with black and green ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:</p>
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content: <p>PIKES PEAK<br>JAZZ<br>&<br>Swing<br>Society</p>
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content: <p>Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society (PPJASS) was formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1985. The group holds monthly meetings and is dedicated to supporting jazz performances and events and fostering educational opportunities for its community. PPJASS is a member of the American Federation of Jazz Societies (AFJS).</p>
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content: <p>Floyd Levin (1922-2007) was a Los Angeles textile manufacturer who turned his passion for jazz into a second career as an influential jazz journalist and historian. His numerous reviews, profiles, and articles were published in magazines such as <i>Down Beat</i>, <i>Jazz Journal International</i>, <i>Metronome</i>, and <i>American Rag</i>. He also authored <i>Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians</i>. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Colorado, Colorado Springs
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucille Levin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.3086.183
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content: 2011.3086
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content: 2011.3086.183
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content: button
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content: ink (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm