Broadside for a James Brown concert at Lowell Memorial Auditorium: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white broadside for a James Brown concert at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. The broadside has white lettering at top that reads “BIG WORLD PRODUCTIONS presents / LOWELL / MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM / FRIDAY JANUARY 17 / 8:00pm / The Godfather of Soul.” At the center of the broadside is an image of James Brown singing with his eyes closed. He is holding a microphone close to his mouth with his right hand. Written below the image in gray text is “James / BROWN.” At the bottom of the page are telephone numbers for Ticketmaster and the box office. Big World Production’s logo and web address is also at the bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2003
• Distributed by: Big World Productions, American
• Owned by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
• Subject of: Lowell Memorial Auditorium, American, founded 1922
• Type: portraits
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 × 11 in. (43.2 × 28 cm)
• Place used: Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Soul (Music)
• Object number: 2008.7.19
• 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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