Souvenir program for the 17th Annual Pine Street Y Circus: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Souvenir program created by the St. Louis YMCA for the 17th Annual Pine Street Y Circus held in 1951. The front cover is a graphic of a jack-in-the-box leaping out of its box announcing the YMCA's 17th Annual Circus on a yellow and green striped background. The program is adhered to a loose black scrapbook page, with partially torn sheet music adhered to the other side.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1951
• Distributed by: Pine Street YMCA, American, 1919 - 1955
• Illustrated by: Spencer T. Banks
• Subject of: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), International, founded 1844
• Type: souvenir programs
• Medium: ink on printing paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place used: Pine Street, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Recreation
• Object number: 2011.145.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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