Graduation Tassel

Description:

This grey braided thread graduation tassel. It is in a paper envelope marked:

graduation tassel
Senn H.S.
1945

This tassell was previously owned and used by William Russo, jazz composer, arranger, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. This was his Senn High School graduation tassel from 1945.

Date Made: 1945

User: Russo, William

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Camille Davis Russo Blinstrub, Barbara Russo Evans, Alexander W. Russo, and Condee Nast Russo

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.0162.04Accession Number: 2003.0162Catalog Number: 2003.0162.04

Object Name: tassel

Physical Description: fabric (overall material)paper (overall material)Measurements: tassel: 1 in x 1 1/8 in x 11 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm x 29.845 cmenvelope: 11/16 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 1.74625 cm x 14.605 cm x 8.255 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-1b0d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1250581

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