Museum object · Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Disco ball from 1520 Sedgwick Avenue
ca. 1970
Bronx, New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
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.
A disco ball, also known as a mirror ball, used for hip-hop parties thrown by DJ Kool Herc and his sister Cindy Campbell in the rec-room of their Bronx apartment complex at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. The 14-inch disco ball has hundreds of square-shaped mirrors attached to a Styrofoam sphere, with a metal rod and a ring at the top to hang.
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Catalog reference: 2022.73.3