Program for a Marian Anderson concert at the War Memorial Opera House: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Four page concert program for a Marian Anderson, Contralto, performance at the War Memorial Opera House, Monday Evening, March 10, 1958 at 8:30. Black ink on cream-colored paper. No inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 10, 1958
• Published by: Moss and Hayman Management, American
• Produced by: Sol Hurok, American, 1888 - 1974
• Subject of: Marian Anderson, American, 1897 - 1993
• Subject of: War Memorial Opera House, founded 1932
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: L x W: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 in. (22.2 x 14.8 cm)
• Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Classical (Music)
• Topic: Opera (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Spirituals (Music)
• Object number: 2010.66.144
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jackie Bryant Smith
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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