Flyer advertising a concert featuring Raphy Leavitt y La Selecta: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a concert featuring Raphy Leavitt y La Selecta. The flyer is pink with black white and orange text and features photographs of Eddie Palmieri, La Selecta, Ismael Miranda, Machito & Graciela, and La Tipicia 73. The flyer reads [ACT 1 / The most / beautiful / room in the world / PROUDLY PRESENTS / DIRECT FROM / PUERTO RICO / RAPHY LEAVITT / Y LA SELECTA / ONE NIGHT / ONLY / SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 VETERANS DAY EVE 5PM-4AM / FEATURING / EDDIE PALMIERI / RAPHY LEAVITT Y LA SELECTA]. Below the photographs, text reads [EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION / GEORGE VIDAL and his "AFRO-CUBAN REVUE"]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom right corner that reads [OCT 22, 1972].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican, 1948 - 2015
• Subject of: Eddie Palmieri, American, born 1936
• Subject of: Ismael Miranda, Puerto Rican, born 1950
• Subject of: Machito and Graciela, Cuban American, 1944 - 1975
• Subject of: Machito, Cuban American, 1908 - 1984
• Subject of: Típica 73, American, 1973 - 1982
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, Bronx County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Latin jazz (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.97.27.281
• 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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