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Duke Ellington Collection

Creator: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Names: Duke Ellington Orchestra
Collector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical History
Names: Washingtonians, The.; Ellington, Mercer Kennedy, 1919-1996 (musician); Strayhorn, Billy (William Thomas), 1915-1967

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0301

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Frank Schiffman Apollo Theatre Collection

Collector: Schiffman, Frank, 1894-1974
Donor: Schiffman, Jack
Names: Apollo Theatre (New York, N.Y.); Schiffman, Robert

Identifier: NMAH.AC.0540

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