Program for Porgy and Bess: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A program for the opera Porgy and Bess. The program is twenty pages long and features a variety of advertisements for other plays and products. The front cover is a line drawing of a street scene. Text at the top margin reads "NATIONAL / America's First Theatre." Text along the bottom margin reads "PORGY and BESS."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954
• Published by: Clifton Aires Publishing Company, American
• Subject of: National Theatre, American, founded 1835
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 3/16 × 7 1/4 in. (23.4 × 18.4 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Topic: Opera (Music)
• Object number: 2013.118.269
• 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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