Flier for the play Gold Through the Trees: Museum Object and Cultural History

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This is a flier for the play "Gold Through the Trees" presented by the Theatre Chapter of the Committee for the Negro in the Arts. The play was written by Alice Childress and directed by A flier for the play "Gold Through the Trees" presented by the Theatre Chapter of the Committee for the Negro in the Arts, printed in black ink on off-white paper. The play was written by Alice Childress and directed by Clarice Taylor. The single sheet of off-white paper is printed on one side, with black ink. At the upper left is a graphic of a black cup with a white pattern and white text that reads "Gold / through / the Trees." Behind the cup are small palm trees. The rest of the text on the flier is black. It reads "THEATRE COMMITTEE OF THE / COMMITTEE FOR THE NEGRO IN THE ARTS / presents / 'Gold / through / the Trees' / a new / dramatic revue / by / Alice Childress / Directed by / Clarice Taylor / with a distinguished / cast including: / VINIE BURROWS / ALICE CHILDRESS / HELEN MARTIN / OSBORNE SMITH / CLARICE TAYLOR / THEODORA SMITH / HILDA HAYNES / HOPE FOYE / ALLEGRO KANE / THOMAS UDO / Producer: / ELSWORTH WRIGHT / at the CLUB BARON 132nd St. + Lenox Ave. / APRIL 7th- May 28th / Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday / Thursday Eves. at 8:40 p.m. / TICKETS: 1.20, 1.80 / UN - 4-4002 or at / Box Office, Club Baron." There is a small, illegible union bug in the bottom right corner, next to the number "491."Clarice Taylor. The single sheet of discolored off-white paper is printed on one side, with black ink. At the upper left is a graphic of a black cup with a white pattern and white text that reads "Gold / through / the Trees." Behind the cup are small palm trees. The rest of the text on the flier is black. It reads "THEATRE COMMITTEE OF THE / COMMITTEE FOR THE NEGRO IN THE ARTS / presents / 'Gold / through / the Trees' / a new / dramatic revue / by / Alice Childress / Directed by / Clarice Taylor / with a distinguished / cast including: / VINIE BURROWS / ALICE CHILDRESS / HELEN MARTIN / OSBORNE SMITH / CLARICE TAYLOR / THEODORA SMITH / HILDA HAYNES / HOPE FOYE / ALLEGRO KANE / THOMAS UDO / Producer: / ELSWORTH WRIGHT / at the CLUB BARON 132nd St. + Lenox Ave. / APRIL 7th- May 28th / Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday / Thursday Eves. at 8:40 p.m. / TICKETS: 1.20, 1.80 / UN - 4-4002 or at / Box Office, Club Baron." There is an illegible logo in the bottom right corner, next to the number "491."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1952
• Created by: Committee for the Negro in the Arts, American, founded 1947
• Subject of: Alice Childress, American, 1912 - 1994
• Subject of: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: fliers
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.31
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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