Concerto Candelas Guitar, played by Jose Feliciano
date: label: date made
content: 1967
name: label: user
content: Feliciano, Jose
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This guitar was made by Candelario Delgado in Los Angeles, California, in 1967. It is a custom-made guitar is of light wood with geometric pattern around sound hole and on bridge and head. Six strings with mother of pearl tuning pegs. There is a printed label:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Candelario Delgado<br>Fabricante de Guitarras Guitar Maker<br>Luthier<br>Concert Guitars<br>Classical and Flamenco<br>Made in U.S.A.<br>1066 SUNSET BLVD. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>(and handwritten inscription on label):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Construction Special for Jose Feliciano<br>1967<br>Candelario Delgado<br>"CANDELAS"</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jose Feliciano played this guitar on October 7, 1968 in Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan during Game 5 of the World Series. He played a folk-inflected version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” which was immediately met with intense backlash.</p>
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: related event
content: World Series
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jose Feliciano
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0136.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0136
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0136.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass; metal; organic material (unspecified); wood; varnish; paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 in x 15 1/2 in x 4 in; 101.6 cm x 39.37 cm x 10.16 cm