Handbill advertising a punch card event at A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Handbill advertising a benefit event for A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook and its pastor Rev. Thomas C. Johnson. The small flier has black printed text on a white background. The text begins [Zion Sons and Daughters, Awake!] with an invitation to [A Grand / Punch Card Entertainment / AND / APPLE DUMPLING FEAST AND FESTIVAL]. The event is scheduled at the house of Brother Abraham Tobias on October 29th, 1884. The bottom has a list of trustees and a note about the church's quarterly meeting. The reverse is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1884
• Created by: Unidentified
• Printed by: Inquirer Printing Establishment, American, 1870s - 1880s
• Type: handbills
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 in. (24.4 × 15.2 cm)
• Place used: Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Social life and customs
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2015.97.40.63
• 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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