Program for The Women at Forest Neighborhood House: Museum Object and Cultural History
Program for The Women at Forest Neighborhood House: Date: 1946. Created by: Forest Neighborhood House, American. Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993.
The object in the museum catalogue
A program for the show "The Women" by Clare Boothe Luce performed at the Forest House in New York, NY. The play was staged by Liz White. The program consists of black, typewritten text on brown paper. The cover features a handdrawn illustration of a corset inside a decorative border along with the title.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1946
- Created by: Forest Neighborhood House, American
- Subject of: Elizabeth Shearer White, American, died 1993
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (22.2 x 13.3 cm)
- Place used: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Comedy (Theatre)
- Topic: Theatre companies
- Object number: 2012.33.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Olive Tomlinson in memory of William and Olive Bowles
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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