Promotional card for the The Shipmates & Ginger: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A laminated card with a color image of the SS Catalina on the front owned by Ginger Smock. The image is of the port side of the ship. People can be seen on the deck of the ship. The back of the card is white with black text. The text at the top reads “The S. S. Catalina Presents.” Larger text at the center of the card reads “The Shipmates & Ginger.” At the bottom is the word “By” followed by a black, horizontal line.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
• Subject of: The Shipmates & Ginger, American
• Subject of: SS Catalina, American, 1924 - 2010
• Type: advertising cards
• Medium: plastic, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/8 × 3 3/4 in. (6 × 9.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Object number: 2016.161.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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