![A Promax Super Jumbo boombox (2014.270.2.1a) used as a prop by the character Radio Raheem in the Spike Lee directed picture, Do the Right Thing. The boombox includes a dual audio casette tape deck, an equilizer section, radio dial, coloured light display, and a pair each of 8 subwoofers, midranges, and tweeters. There are sections of red, yellow, and green electical tape with black ink text on the sides and top of the player. There are also rectangular black, green, and yellow Public Enemy stickers adhered to both the PR and PL side of the player. On the lower back of the boombox is handwritten text in gold ink reading [BROOKLYN, NY / 3/17/90 / To Gene / RADIO RAHEEM LIVES / LOVE, Spike Lee / FIGHT THE POWER]. There is a metal handle attached to the top of the player, around which two braided bracelets (black-and-white 2014.270.2.1b, coloured 2014.270.2.1c) and multi-coloured printed cloth (2014.270.2.1d) have been tied. The rewind button on the PR tape deck has fallen off but is stored with the boombox (2014.270.2.1e). The boombox had an audio cassette in the PR deck that has been removed (2014.270.2.2), titled JAZZ CLUB / Vocal. The cassette is off-white with black text and is printed with track titles, manufacturing information, and serial number. Date: 1980s. Record ID: nmaahc_2014.270.2.](https://shsnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG-2612-1.jpg)
Breaking News
- September 22Wondering what's happening in our school?
- September 22Want to say Happy Birthday to a friend or classmate?
- September 21The everyday struggles of being a high school student
- September 19Modernizing the legacy of The Great Gatsby
- June 5Drama 2 blows away Stroudsburg High in their original one act play!
- June 4Check out the Prom Photo Gallery
- June 1The Battle of the Films: Oppenheimer vs Barbie
- June 1TikTok Captivates Stroudsburg High
- May 31Elizabeth Khrystenko- Norwich University
- May 31Benjamin Jones- Lackawanna College
Zach Larsen • May 15, 2018 at 10:43 AM
Why wasn’t there any photos of me? I am very dissappointed and feel disrespected!
Helana Hunter • May 24, 2018 at 11:51 AM
hahaha