Music case used by Frank Derrick of the Cab Calloway band

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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.

An instrument case used by Frank Derrick and owned by Cab Calloway. The plasticized case is black matte, rectangular in shape, and has two, black nylon straps attached to each end of the case and reinforced with black metal studs. The case has a lid that is completely removable. The case itself also features a black, plastic, luggage handle attached to the long end of one side. Adhered above the handle is a Continental Airlines tag with fillable address lines printed below. The address lines are filled in with handwritten black text that includes a name and address for [FRANK DERRICK]. Also adhered near the handle is a white, adhesive, airline barcode label and below is the residue for another, peeled off adhesive label.

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