Flier for a Mount Olive Baptist Church rally: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Flier advertising a rally at Mount Olive Baptist Church on Sunday, December 19, 1926. The brown paper flier has black text at the top that reads ["It Is More Blessed To Give Than To Receive"] above [PEW RALLY! PEW RALLY!]. Below this is printed information about the time, date, and speaker, Dr. O.J. Allen, for the event. Thirty-three (33) churches are listed in two columns on the lower half of the document. The flier notes that [A Pew has been reserved for each Church.] There are handwritten numerical inscriptions on the front and committee members listed on the back. Printer information for [Excelsior Printing Co. 932 Church St. Norfolk, Va.] is at the bottom. The flier is printed on faded, brown paper with crease lines.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Mount Olive Baptist Church, American, founded 1909
• Subject of: Dr. O. J. Allen, American, 1889 - 1942
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 3/4 × 7 3/16 in. (24.7 × 18.3 cm)
• Place used: Norfolk, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Preaching
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2017.14.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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