Advertisement card for the Golden Echoes singing group: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An advertisement card for the Golden Echoes Female Quartette. The poster features the name and information about the group in black print above and below a black-and-white photograph of the group. In the picture, five (5) women are dressed in similar outfits with black blazers, white blouses, brooches, and white hairpieces. The three women in the back row each have one hand raised with their index fingers extended. The two women in front are seated. There are handwritten notes on the verso.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th century
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Golden Echoes Female Quartette, American
• Type: advertising cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 3/8 × 6 15/16 in. (26.4 × 17.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2014.63.102.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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