Advertisement card for a revival featuring the Cleveland Colored Quintet: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An advertising card for a performance by the Cleveland Colored Quintet with Mrs. Lacy in Detroit, Michigan. The card has a photo of the music group along the top left. The five (5) men are photographed from the chest up in a line and all wear suit jackets and ties. Text detailing the performance schedule and details about a revival at the First Church of the Nazarene is printed to the right and below the photo. The other side of the card has a typed address for Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Wager and has a postal office stamp dated October 15, 1947.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1947
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Cleveland Colored Quintet, American
• Type: advertising cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (8.2 × 14 cm)
• Place depicted: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Mount Clemens, Macomb County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: The Black Church
• Topic: Worship services
• Object number: 2014.63.102.12
• 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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