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Johnny Dankworth pencil from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway

ca. 1951

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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

A promotional pencil for the Johnny Dankworth Seven from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The unsharpened graphite pencil has a red, hexagonal body with gold text that reads [Greetings from the Johnny Dankworth Seven] on one side.

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Catalog reference: A2015.273.1.1.35

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