Photograph of a jazz-art society poster: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph of a poster for "Naturally '62." The poster is printed in black ink on off-white paper and its heading reads: [the African jazz-art society / presents / Naturally ‘62 / cocktail sip, fashionette & coiffure show starring / lovely models displaying the Natural hair style]. The performers included on the poster are: Pucho and his Latin-Jazz Sextet, Oluoju and her Souls of the Earth, Jimmy Abu, and Abbey Lincoln. Along the bottom is text reading [Poster Design: Cecil Brathwaite]. The back of the photograph has a typed inscription reading [This is a copy from the original. Copied by Lloyd Yearwood 2/96].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1962; printed 1996
• Created by: African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios, American, founded 1956
• Designed by: Elombe Brath, American, 1936 - 2014
• Photograph by: Lloyd W. Yearwood, American, 1925 - 2011
• Subject of: Abbey Lincoln, American, 1930 - 2010
• Subject of: Jimmy Abu, American
• Subject of: Pucho and His Latin Soul Brothers, 1959 - 1973
• Subject of: Oluoju and Her Souls of the Earth
• Type: chromogenic color prints
• Medium: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 5 13/16x 4 in (14.8 x 10.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Beauty culture
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Fashion design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Hair
• Object number: 2014.150.3.43.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Estate of Lloyd W. Yearwood Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.