Advertisement card for the Down Home Quartette: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An advertising card for the Down Home Quartette of Mexico, Missouri. The poster features a photo of the group. The five men are dressed similarly, with dark jackets, bowties, and handkerchiefs in their breast pockets. The front three men are seated, with the other two standing behind in front of a backdrop with a window design. The name of the group is printed above the photo and the names of the singers are printed below with an additional name handwritten in pen in the lower right corner. There is a decorative border around the poster and two thick vertical lines on either side of the photo. The back of the card has doodles of trees in blue ink and some notes.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Down Home Quartette, American
• Type: advertising cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (17.4 × 22.1 cm)
• Place depicted: Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Christianity
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2014.63.102.2
• 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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