Fan advertising the American Beach Negro Ocean Playground: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A fan made of ink on paper board with a wood handle. The fan advertises the Negro Ocean Playground in American Beach, Florida. The front of the fan features an image of children getting ready to go swimming. The back of the fan (side that the handle is attached to) has printed text with information about the beach, an American Beach logo, and images of beach balls.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1935
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: American Beach, American, founded 1935
• Type: fans (costume accessories)
• Medium: lithographic ink on cardboard on wood with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 12 x 8 1/4 x 1/16 in. (30.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm)
• Place depicted: American Beach, Nassau County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2012.128
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eleanor Adams Harris
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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