Follow the Flamingos - Hialeah: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Part of the press kit put together by Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., this is a brochure for the City of Hialeah, featuring illustrations of flying pink flamingos on a blue background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1964
• Created by: Hialeah Park Race Track, American, founded 1922
• Distributed by: Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc., American, founded 1963
• Subject of: Hialeah Park Race Track, American, founded 1922
• Type: brochures
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 4 in. (22.9 x 10.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Mass media
• Object number: 2011.56.3.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Dwaine Simpson 5th St. Gym Museum Collection
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: ©1964 City of Hialeah Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.