This promotional t-shirt was given out to listeners from Annapolis, Maryland radio station, WANN (1190). It is a white 100% cotton t-shirt, men’s large size, with red, black, blue and yellow printing. The t-shirt is silkscreened:
WANN BAY COUNTRY STEREO AM 1190 [ABC logo] [MRN logo] REAL COUNTRY!
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.
WANN continued to program gospel, rhythm and blues, and public affairs features until 1992 when the station changed to a mainstream country format with the catchphrase “Bay Country 1190.” Around 1998, the station changed ownership and became WBIS, broadcasting a News Talk Information format.
The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the nineteenth century. Measuring the height of a star using the alidade on the back of the instrument, and knowing the latitude, one could find the time of night and the position of other stars. The openwork piece on the front, called the rete, is a star map of the northern sky. Pointers on the rete correspond to stars; the outermost circle is the Tropic of Capricorn, and the circle that is off-center represents the zodiac, the apparent annual motion of the sun. Engraved plates that fit below the rete have scales of altitude and azimuth (arc of the horizon) for specific latitudes. This brass Indo-Persian astrolabe has a body, handle, ring, alidade with pin, rete, five plates, and a wedge at the front that holds the instrument together. The instrument is signed [. . .]iya ‘al-Din Mu[. . .]ammmad ben Qa’im Mu[. . .]ammad ben Mulla ‘Isa ben Shaikh al-Hadad As[. . .]urlabi Hamayoni Lahori.
References:
For a detailed description of this object, see Sharon Gibbs with George Saliba, Planispheric Astrolabes from the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984, pp. 132-134. The object is referred to in the catalog as CCA No. 87.
See also S. R. Sarma, A Descriptive Catalog of Indian Astronomical Instruments, 2019, pp. 876-882, accessed April 26, 2019. The document is downloadable from instructions at https://srsarma.in/catalogue.php. The object has Sarma’s number A077.
The astrolabe is an astronomical calculating device used from ancient times into the nineteenth century. Measuring the height of a star using the alidade on the back of the instrument, and knowing the latitude, one could find the time of night and the position of other stars. The openwork piece on the front, called the rete, is a star map of the northern sky. Pointers on the rete correspond to stars; the outermost circle is the Tropic of Capricorn, and the circle that is off-center represents the zodiac, the apparent annual motion of the sun. Engraved plates that fit below the rete have scales of altitude and azimuth (arc of the horizon) for specific latitudes. This brass Indo-Persian astrolabe has a body, throne, handle, ring, alidade with pin, rete, five plates, and a wedge at the front that holds the instrument together. The instrument is signed [. . .]ana ‘ahu Mu[. . .]ammad Muqim ben ‘Isa ben al-Hadad As[. . .]urlabi Hamayoni Lahori.
References:
For a detailed description of this object, see Sharon Gibbs with George Saliba, Planispheric Astrolabes from the National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984, pp. 129-132. The object is referred to in the catalog as CCA No. 86
See also S. R. Sarma, A Descriptive Catalog of Indian Astronomical Instruments, 2019, pp. 470-479, accessed April 26, 2019. The document is downloadable from instructions at https://srsarma.in/catalogue.php. The object has Sarma’s number A032.
These bagpipe ribbons and cord were made by an unknown maker in Pakistan, about 1964. They are for a Highland bagpipe. The ribbons and cord were acquired to be used with bagpipe MI.381911.
Tote bags such as this one were given to donors to the Boston-area public television station WGBH, known as Channel 2. In the 2010s, Downton Abbey was a popular television drama written by Julian Fellowes about the lives of an aristocratic British family and their servants in the early 1900s. The drama was co-produced by Masterpiece, a television drama series produced by WBGH, a Public Broadcasting Station (PBS).
Familiar with the university fundraising operations’ use of thank you gifts (known as premiums), WGBH began offering thank you gifts to supporters in the 1970s. The signatures of several personalities on the station’s shows, including Julia Child, have been printed on the apron.
2011 Special Olympics Men's Soccer Ball, signed by members of gold-medal-winning Team USA (represented by Special Olympics Southern Maryland).
From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. This participation builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
This promotional t-shirt was given out to listeners from Annapolis, Maryland radio station, WANN (1190). It is a white 100% cotton t-shirt, men’s x-large size, with red, black, blue and yellow printing. The t-shirt is silkscreened:
WANN BAY COUNTRY STEREO AM 1190 [ABC logo] [MRN logo] REAL COUNTRY!
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.
WANN continued to program gospel, rhythm and blues, and public affairs features until 1992 when the station changed to a mainstream country format with the catchphrase “Bay Country 1190.” Around 1998, the station changed ownership and became WBIS, broadcasting a News Talk Information format.