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Prince's star, outside the front entrance of First Avenue, painted gold in his memory, 2016.
Prince performing at the Coachella music festival, 2008. CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prince performing at First Avenue. Photograph by David Brewster (Minneapolis Star Tribune), August 3, 1983.
Prince, ca. 1995–2000.
Sticker with the unpronounceable symbol (glyph) used as a name by Prince, ca. 1993–1995.
Tamboracca (percussion instrument) and box. Developed by Prince and Kenneth D. Yould, 1992.
Controversy (Prince fan club) order form, ca. 1990.
"U Got the Look": the first release from Prince’s critically acclaimed double album Sign o’ the Times" The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard charts in 1987.
Detail of Purple Rain movie brochure, 1984–1985.
Boots worn by Prince in the movie Purple Rain, 1984.