Poster for the March 1952 issue of Ebony magazine: Museum Object and Cultural History
Poster for the March 1952 issue of Ebony magazine: Date: March 1952. Distributed by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019. Type: posters.
The object in the museum catalogue
A point-of-purchase poster advertising the March 1952 issue of Ebony magazine. The poster features a light green background with arge black and red text reads [FEMALE / IMPERSONATORS / HOLD / COSTUME BALL / MARCH]. A graphic of a feminine hand with red-painted fingernails holds the red and white EBONY logo at the bottom. There are no markings on the reverse.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: March 1952
- Distributed by: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 9/16 × 10 3/8 in. (24.3 × 26.3 cm)
- Place printed: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Gender
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: LGBTQ
- Topic: Nightlife
- Object number: 2024.83.2.1
- 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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