Society for the Preservation of Dixieland Jazz Button
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content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This button is from the Society for the Preservation of Dixieland Jazz in Monrovia, California. It is a round button with a white background with red and black 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>SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF<br>[caricature of musician]<br>DIXIELAND JAZZ INC.</p>
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content: <p>The Society for the Preservation of Dixieland Jazz (SPDJ) was created to encourage, perpetuate, and preserve the appreciation of Dixieland Music, also know as New Orleans Jazz or Traditional Jazz. The society provides opportunities for musicians and audiences through regularly scheduled meetings, performances, and events. The SPDJ is one of the oldest running Dixieland jazz organizations in California.</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>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Monrovia
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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
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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: 2011.3086.182
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content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.182
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content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; x 7.62 cm