Flyer for Shearer Players' production of Angel Street: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An informational pamphlet for a production of "Angel Street" performed by the Shearer Players at the auditorium of P.S. 136 in New York, NY. The production was sponsored by The New York Esquires, Inc. for the benefit of Mt. Morris Park Hospital. The flier features blue printed text and a photo from the play inside a decorative border resembling a stage curtain.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1951
• Created by: New York Esquires, Inc., American
• Subject of: Shearer Players, American, founded 1946
• Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (26 x 18.4 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Theatre
• Topic: Theatre companies
• Object number: 2012.33.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Olive Tomlinson in memory of William and Olive Bowles
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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