Object Details
- Description (Brief)
This guitar was made by Candelario Delgado in Los Angeles, California, in 1967. It is a custom-made guitar is of light wood with geometric pattern around sound hole and on bridge and head. Six strings with mother of pearl tuning pegs. There is a printed label:
Candelario Delgado
Fabricante de Guitarras Guitar Maker
Luthier
Concert Guitars
Classical and Flamenco
Made in U.S.A.
1066 SUNSET BLVD. - LOS ANGELES, CALIF.(and handwritten inscription on label):
Construction Special for Jose Feliciano
1967
Candelario Delgado
"CANDELAS"Jose Feliciano played this guitar on October 7, 1968 in Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan during Game 5 of the World Series. He played a folk-inflected version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” which was immediately met with intense backlash.
- date made
- 1967
- user
- Feliciano, Jose
- place made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- related event
- World Series
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Exhibition
- Entertainment Nation
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jose Feliciano
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2018.0136.01
- accession number
- 2018.0136
- catalog number
- 2018.0136.01
- Object Name
- guitar
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- brass; metal; organic material (unspecified); wood; varnish; paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 40 in x 15 1/2 in x 4 in; 101.6 cm x 39.37 cm x 10.16 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_1892964
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