Program for Fred Robbins' One-Nite Stand: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A single page program for Fred Robbins' One-Nite Stand, starring Count Basie. Black text under a horizontal line with scalloped edge on the top third of the front reads, [Ernest Anderson presents / FRED ROBBINS' / ONE-NITE STAND / A Midnight Variety Concert / starring]. Underneath the text is a black and white headshot of Count Basie wearing a white dress shirt, tie, and a tweed jacket. The back features information about the show, the season, and the venue written black text on the white paper. It also lists the schedule of performance, Basie's Kansas City Orchestra members, and production information. The program has a glossy finish.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1947-1948
• Written by: Unidentified
• Published by: Fen Goldberg
• Published by: Seymour Potolsky
• Subject of: Count Basie, American, 1904 - 1984
• Subject of: Fred Robbins, American, 1919 - 1992
• Subject of: Ernest Anderson
• Subject of: Bennie Moten, American, 1894 - 1935
• Subject of: Carnegie Hall, American, founded 1891
• Type: souvenir programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 12 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (30.7 × 23 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Nightlife
• Object number: 2013.46.25.19
• 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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