Holiday card from William Grant Still: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A holiday card sent from William Grant Still to Mr. Frank H. Bolner[?].

An off white piece of paper mounted on similar color card stock, with a purple square piece of paper mounted on the right side. The purple square has a geometric border design in black and features a staff with musical notes above [LENOX AVENUE AND I / WISH YOU / A HAPPY NEW YEAR] printed in black. Beneath the purple square is a printed illustration of gradient golden brown holly leaves and berries along with two perpendicular ribbon stripes printed in gold. In the bottom right corner, handwritten in black ink is [To Mr. Frank H. Bolner, / with sincere wishes / William Grant Still / Dec 28, 1937 / Los Angeles, Cal.]. The back of the card is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1937
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: William Grant Still, American, 1895 - 1978
• Type: greeting cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 5 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.9 × 7.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Opera (Music)
• Topic: Orchestral (Music)
• Object number: 2015.97.38.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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