Poster for a concert by Nina Simone and The Vogues: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large poster for a concert by Nina Simone and The Vogues at Bushnell Memorial in Hartford, Connecticut, November 1968.

The rectangular poster is orange, white, and black. A large white hand is depicted against a bright orange background. Atop the hand are two square black-and-white images, the top one of Nina Simone and the bottom one of The Vogues. In black and orange print below the images is: [Presents IN-PERSON / NINA SIMONE / & THE VOGUES / Sunday, Nov. 3rd, 8:30 p.m. / BUSHNELL MEMORIAL Hartford / Tickets at Bushnell Box Office & Leading Record Shops $3.00, $4.25, $5.50]. There are no markings on the reverse of the poster.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: November 3, 1968
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
• Subject of: The Vogues, American, founded 1963
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on card stock
• Dimensions: H x W: 21 3/4 × 13 7/16 in. (55.3 × 34.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Hartford, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Object number: 2021.16.19
• 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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