Napkin with handwritten text owned by Jim Vance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A folded napkin with handwritten text owned by Jim Vance. The text is in blue ink. The front reads “5-TOP 5OT or VO / 6 TOP – 6[illelgible] / PKG / 11 – TOP New of day / VO / + Tom / Me – O’malley – noon / Steele / Tom. VA / Teases – to run in 6 for 11 / + for morning / RUS/erm.” Text on the back reads “Obama – FD. TO Charlotte / tour.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2012
• Written by: Jim Vance, American, 1942 - 2017
• Manufactured by: Hoffmaster, American, founded 1947
• Distributed by: JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, American, founded 1984
• Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
• Type: napkins
• Type: notes
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 9/16 × 4 1/8 in. (9 × 10.5 cm)
• Place made: Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Object number: 2018.107.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of James H. Vance, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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