National Museum of African American History and Culture
Disco ball from 1520 Sedgwick Avenue
Unidentified · ca. 1970
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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