Jersey JazzFest Badge
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: user
content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This badge is from Jersey JazzFest in New jersey, in 1995. It is a button made of paper with a white background and black printing covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. A blue ribbon is attached to the bottom of the button. The button is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>JERSEY<br>JAZZFEST<br>1995</p>
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content: <p>(The ribbon is printed):</p>
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content: <p>AFJS</p>
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content: <p>The New Jersey Jazz Society was founded in 1972 to “promote and preserve the great American musical art form known as Jazz through live jazz performances and educational outreach and scholarships.” Jersey JazzFest is an annual event sponsored by the New Jersey Jazz Society, which 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>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey
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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: 2011.3086.206
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.206
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 2 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 5.715 cm