"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows": Museum Object and Cultural History
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows": publishing date: 1918. publisher: McCarthy and Fisher Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.
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"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows": publishing date: 1918. publisher: McCarthy and Fisher Inc.. Object Name: sheet music.

Watercolor costume sketch by Lemuel Ayers for the musical, St. Louis Woman: Date: 1945. Created by: Lemuel Ayers, American, 1915 - 1955. Type: design drawings.

Bugle used by Angela Lansbury in Broadway musical Mame: user: Lansbury, Angela. Object Name: bugle. Physical Description: brass (overall material).

Photographs: date made: 1890's. date made: 1890s. Object Name: album.

Playbill: The Crucible: date made: 1953. author: Miller, Arthur. Object Name: playbill.

Playbill for "A Long and Narrow Road": Date: 1979-1980. Subject of: Engin Cezzar, Turkish, born 1940. Type: playbills.

Ring for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1982. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.

Poster for the Broadway musical Hair: date made: 1968. depicted (sitter): Curry, Steven. designer: Ruspoli-Rodriguez.

Boudini Brothers Poster: referenced: Boudini Brothers. Object Name: poster. Physical Description: paper (overall material).

Costume gown and petticoat for Evillene in The Wiz on Broadway: Date: 1975. Designed by: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014. Created by: Grace Costumes Inc., American, founded 1961.

Ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1930-1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

The Champion Riding Goats, Sinbad and Sebastian by Clay, Cosack and Company: Date made: n.d.. maker: Clay, Cosack & Co.. Object Name: lithograph.

Photograph of Etta Moten Barnett and Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon: Date: 1957. Photograph by: George Clifton Cabell, American, 1917 - 1976. Subject of: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Biography of William Scott: Date: early 1980s. Written by: William Scott, American. Owned by: Maxine Sullivan, American, 1911 - 1987.

Le Tumulte Noir: Portfolio box: Date: January 1927. Created by: Paul Colin, French, 1892 - 1985. Subject of: Le Revue Nègre, French, 1925 - 1926.

Ed Bullins, Playwright: Date: 1980. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Ed Bullins, American, born 1935.

Fences 2: Date: 1990. Created by: James Lesesne Wells, American, 1902 - 1993. Subject of: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005.

Pair of glasses on a handle belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1960-2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Play That Barber Shop Chord: Date: 1910. Subject of: Bert Williams, American, 1874 - 1922. Composed by: Lewis F. Muir, American, 1884 - 1915.

Photograph of Bill Bailey: Date: 1937. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Bill Bailey, American, 1912 - 1978.

Links pin belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1946-2004. Subject of: The Links, Incorporated, American, founded 1946. Manufactured by: Unidentified.

Photograph of Laura Cathrell: Date: October 14, 1938. Photograph by: Harry Rossner. Subject of: Laura Cathrell, 1914 - 1999.

Bowler hat for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1982. Created by: Jay Lord Hatters, American, 1937 - 1989. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.

Jacket worn by Desmond Kelly in Swan Lake: date made: ca 1974. Associated Name: Ishimoto, May. Associated Name: Kelly, Desmond.

Betsey Brown: A Rhythm and Blues Musical: Date: 1985. Written by: Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018. Written by: Emily Mann, American, born 1952.

gloves part of Rafiki costume from "Lion King": Object Name: costume. Object Name: hand. Object Name: glove.

El Teatro Puerto Rico jacket: date made: ca 1970s-1990s. date made: ca 1970s - 1990s. Object Name: jacket.

Arthur Mitchell, signed: date made: 1978. Associated Name: Mitchell, Arthur. Object Name: photo.

Cleopatra costume headband worn by Lauren Anderson: Date: 2000. Designed by: Judanna Lynn, American. Worn by: Lauren Anderson, American, born 1965.

Sissle & Blake: Date: 1985. Produced by: Stash Records, Inc., American, 1975 - 1998. Recorded by: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.

Color photographs and negative of Eubie Blake's hand casts: Date: ca. 1982. Photograph by: Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.

Unititled (Ballerina at Brooklyn Music School): Date: 1992; printed 2009. Photograph by: LeRoy W. Henderson, American. Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children.

Aviator cap for The Wiz costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1975. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946. Designed by: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014.

Pin for Ain't Misbehavin' costume worn by André De Shields: Date: 1982. Created by: Unidentified. Worn by: André De Shields, American, born 1946.

Color photographs and negative of Eubie Blake's hand casts: Date: ca. 1982. Photograph by: Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942. Subject of: Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983.

Dance Theatre of Harlem #75: Date: 1983. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Dance Theatre of Harlem, American, founded 1969.

White apron with cherries belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: 1950-2004. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Photograph of Sandy Burns, George Wiltshire, and Dusty Fletcher: Date: 1936. Photograph by: Mittoo Photo Studio, American. Subject of: Dusty Fletcher, American, 1900 - 1954.

Ashtray belonging to Etta Moten Barnett: Date: ca. 1945. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004.

Costume headpiece for the Wizard in The Wiz on Broadway: Date: 1975. Designed by: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014. Created by: Grace Costumes Inc., American, founded 1961.