Object Details
- Description
This banner was used by the Annapolis, Maryland radio station WANN during the 1950s. The blue felt banner has gold trim with gold fringe tassels and reads “WANN/10,000 WATTS/DIAL 1190” in gold lettering.
WANN (1190 AM) was a radio station based out of Annapolis, Maryland that primarily served the area's growing African American community. Morris Blum founded it in 1946, and it broadcast to the entire mid-Atlantic region. The station was home to disc jockey Charles "Hoppy" Adams starting in the early 1950s. Adams hosted weekly events at a local African American only beach, Carr's Beach, which were popular with the area's youth population.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morris H. Blum
- 1950s
- ID Number
- 2002.0319.02
- accession number
- 2002.0319
- catalog number
- 2002.0319.02
- Object Name
- banner
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- felt (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 39 in x 41 in x 1 in; 99.06 cm x 104.14 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1190154
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4c59-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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