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Museum object · Time-based Media - Audio

Cassette tape with recording of Hot 97 segment

ca.1995

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A white cassette tape with a recording of a Hot 97 segment. The Hot 97 logo is printed on the center top of the cassette. Black text is printed below the logo which reads [WQHT · 1372 Broadway · New York, NY 10018-6106]. Handwritten text with red ink is on the front of the cassette which reads [ISLEY BROS.] on the top left corner, [-TK KIRKLAND / -SHERYL UNDERWOOD / IN FOR / ED + DRE] on the top right corner, and [WED 5/29 / W. WHIZZ / T. JAM]. The back of the cassette tape has a white sticker with the Hot 97 logo printed in black ink.

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Catalog reference: 2020.30.2.1

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