Poster for Mattiwilda Dobbs performance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A promotional poster for a Mattiwilda Dobbs performance in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, December 9, 1957. The poster features black and white print on a blue background with a prominent halftone portrait of Dobbs on the left. In decorative white text at the top is [Mattiwilda / Dobbs / "An / exquisite / singer" / (New York Times)]. Black text along the bottom edge has performance and ticket details. There is no printing, marks, or inscriptions on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1957
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon, American, 1925-2015
• Type: posters
• Medium: paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 17 1/2 x 11 in. (44.5 x 27.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Opera (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2011.135.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mattiwilda Dobbs
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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