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Advertisement for Def Jam Recordings and The Box

1995

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Advertisement for Def jam Recordings and The Box Music Television featuring a time line of major milestones between the years 1986 and 1995. Timeline appears on right side of advertisement. Left side features small circular photographs of different musical artists. Black and red type at bottom of advertisement reads, [HISTORY CONTINUES to UNFOLD / for DEF JAM and THE BOX... / HAPPY 10TH to RUSSELL and the DEF JAM FAMILY]. Reverse side of advertisement features a congratulations to Def Jam, as well as further information on the history of Def Jam Recordings.

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Catalog reference: 2015.239.18

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