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Boombox used by Public Enemy

African American Museum

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Tecsonic, South Korean

Owned by

Chuck D, American, born 1960

Subject of

Public Enemy, American, founded 1982
Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984
Terminator X, American, born 1966
Flavor Flav, American, born 1959
Professor Griff, American, born 1960
Chaf-Pozi Soweto, South African

Description

A tecsonic boombox with a light brown metal cover used by Public Enemy. The boombox has a handle at the top, collapsible antenna, six speakers, a radio, a double cassette player, and a number of controls. There are green and black Public Enemy stickers adhered around the left, top, and right sides. There is one sticker on each side and three on the top. All of the stickers have varying degrees of loss. Two cassette compartments marked "METAL / 4 BAND STEREO RECEIVER / DOUBLE CASSETTE PLAYER" and "5-BAND GRAPHIC EQUALIZER MX-900." The large round speaker at the bottom right has a white sticker with black and red print that says "I (heart symbol) / SOWETO / www.iluvsa.co.za / Where: CHAF - POZI / When: 3rd Saturday / of every month." There is a black label with silver text on back of speaker. It reads "TECSONIC / STEREO DOUBLE CASSETTE RECORDER / WITH 4-BAND RADIO / MODEL NO: MX-900 / AC 110/220V 50/60Hz30W / DC 15V"D"SIZE BATTERY x10PCS / MADE IN KOREA."

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Public Enemy

Date

ca. 1986

Object number

2013.149.1.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

radio receivers

Medium

metal, plastic, paper

Dimensions

14 x 27 x 7 1/8 in. (35.6 x 68.6 x 18.1 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Hip-hop (Music)
Technology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56c55864c-615b-4a15-9e49-1ee0f1cfd8b4

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.149.1.1

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