Bow Tie, worn by Doc Cheatham
name: label: user
content: Cheatham, Doc
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content: Brooks Brothers
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content: <p>This bow tie was made by Brooks Brothers. It is an adjustable self-tie style bow tie with “thistle” wings, made of blue, white, and red plaid cotton fabric. This bow tie was worn by jazz musician Aldolphus "Doc" Cheatham. There is an embroidered label:</p>
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content: <p>BROOKS BROTHERS<br>MAKERS<br>ALL COTTON<br>ESTABLISHED 1818</p>
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content: <p>This bow tie features U. S. Patent #2125715, dated August 2, 1938, by Claire Goldenberg for an adjustable necktie</p>
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content: <p>and U. S. Patent #2208026, dated July 16, 1940 by Claire Goldenberg for adjustable fastening construction.</p>
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content: <p>Adolphus Anthony “Doc” Cheatham (1905-1997), first learned to play saxophone as well as trumpet. Early in his career, Cheatham performed with the African American Vaudeville theater in Nashville. Around 1924, Cheatham moved to Chicago where he heard trumpeters King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, both would have a lifelong influence on Cheatham’s playing.</p>
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content: <p>Cheatham performed with several jazz musicians including Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Goodman throughout the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1970s, Cheatham worked to improve his playing by recording and listening to himself. After the age of 70, Cheatham’s self-assessment work would result in him receiving his best acclamations and critical reviews.</p>
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Amanda N. Cheatham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0218.04
label: patent number
content: 2125715
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content: 2208026
label: accession number
content: 2002.0218
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0218.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: necktie
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 in x 2 1/2 in; 83.82 cm x 6.35 cm