Pass for the 25th anniversary Edmonton Folk Festival used by Ira Tucker: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A laminated blue paper pass that bears the 25th Anniversary logo of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival attached to a black nylon lanyard. The pass is embossed with the festival society's corporate seal. The cloth laynard is screen-printed with a representation of four cartoonish characters playing instruments, and the recurring messages "25TH ANNIVERSARY" and "EFMF 2004".

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
• Subject of: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
• Type: passes (tickets)
• Medium: paper, plastic laminate, metal, nylon
• Dimensions: H x W (festival pass): 3 x 4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 cm)
• Dimensions: L x W (lanyard): 18 1/2 x 1/2 in. (47 x 1.3 cm)
• Place printed: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Folk (Music)
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2013.13.18
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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