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.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Morris H. Blum
date made
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
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1190154