Object Details
- Levin, Floyd
- depicted (sitter)
- Ellington, Duke
- Description
This button features an image of Duke Ellington. It is a round button made of white paper with black ink covered with a clear film, on a two-piece metal button with a pin back. The button is printed:
DUKE ELLINGTON
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 Down Beat, Jazz Journal International, Metronome, and American Rag. He also authored Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. Items in this collection (2011.3086) were acquired from Levin’s attendance at Jazz Festivals, conferences, and other music events.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucille Levin
- ID Number
- 2011.3086.161
- nonaccession number
- 2011.3086
- catalog number
- 2011.3086.161
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/4 in; x 5.715 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1423287
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-97a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
