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 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
- ID Number
- 2002.0319.02
- accession number
- 2002.0319
- catalog number
- 2002.0319.02
- Object Name
- banner
- Physical Description
- textile (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
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- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- 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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