Tenth Annual International Ellington Conference Badge
date: label: date made
content: 1991
name: label: user
content: Levin, Floyd
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This badge is from the 10th Annual International Ellington Conference in Culver City, California, in 1991. It made of white paper with black, blue, and red ink, encapsulated in plastic. The badge is printed:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>FLOYD LEVIN<br>SPEAKER [printed on paper and attached to the front of the badge]<br>THE DUKE ELLINGTON SOCIETY<br>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER<br>PRESENTS<br>ELLINGTON '91 JUNE<br> 13,14<br>15,16<br>THE TENTH<br>ANNUAL<br>INTERNATIONAL<br>ELLINGTON<br>CONFERENCE</p>
label: Description
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, Los Angeles, Studio City
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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: 2011.3086.066
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3086
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3086.066
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 9.525 cm