Poster of Josephine Baker advertising her performance at the Strand Theater: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster of Josephine Baker advertising her performance at the Strand Theater. The poster features an image of Baker dressed in a long dress with feathers coming off the proper left side. Additional feathers sit atop her head in a faned out structure. Text to the left of the poster reads: [The Toast of PAris... / Now the Rage of America! / in Person! / Josephine Baker / Plus on Screen... / Warner Bros. / "Storm Warning" / Now! N.Y. / Strand Theater]. The poster is mounted on white mat board. The back of the board has several inscriptiosn inlcuding numbers and a date.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1951
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Josephine Baker, American, 1906 - 1975
• Subject of: Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 13 7/16 × 10 9/16 in. (34.1 × 26.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (40 × 31.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Entertainers
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.135.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Jean-Claude Baker
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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