Theatre Program for As Thousands Cheer: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Theater program from As Thousands Cheer. At center is a photograph of a man between two women. [THE MUSIC BOX/ MARILYN MILLER-CLIFTON WEBB-HELEN BRODERICK/ AS THOUSANDS CHEER]

"THE MUSIC BOX" on top of playbill. B&W photo of two women and a man in center of page. "AS THOUSANDS CHEER" at bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1933
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Marilyn Miller, American, 1898 - 1936
• Subject of: Clifton Webb, American, 1889 - 1966
• Subject of: Helen Broderick, American, 1891 - 1959
• Subject of: Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (24.8 x 18.4 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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