Flier promoting S.S. Jones farewell meeting: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier promoting a farewell meeting for S.S. Jones before he leaves the country for a tour of Europe and the Holy Land. The flier consists of black text on yellowed paper; it is backed by heavier paper and covered by plastic laminate. At the top is the text [Now Comes Farewell Meeting! / Antioch Baptist Church, Muskogee / Friday Night, December 19th]. At center is a black-and-white portrait of Rev. S.S. Jones surrounded by the text [The Business Pastor, / Soul - Winner,] on the left and the text [Leader and / Race-Builder] on the right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1924
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Rev. S. S. Jones, American, 1869 - 1936
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) , plastic laminate
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (28.6 x 21.3 cm)
• Place used: Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2011.79.13
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Naomi Long Madgett
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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