Broadside for Duke Ellington and Cotton Club Orchestra: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An original broadside printed in green ink on white paper, advertising a performance by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra at “The Metropolitan.” The text reads: [NOW IN PERSON / AT THE / METROPOLITAN / DUKE ELLINGTON / AND HIS / COTTON CLUB / ORCHESTRA / EXCLUSIVE VICTOR ARTIST]. The text is surrounded by a single-line green border.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1933-1934
• Published by: Cotton Club, American, 1923 - 1940
• Subject of: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
• Type: broadsides
• Medium: ink on wove paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 17 1/16 in. (35.6 × 43.4 cm)
• Place depicted: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2024.11.1
• 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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