Theatre program for Ballad for Bimshire: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Theater program from Ballad for Bimshire. White with black lettering; man on left wearing a hat, shirt with neck scarf and pantsand woman on right wearing a blouse and skirt, carrying a basket on her head. [BALLAD/FOR/BIMSHIRE/MAYFAIR THEATRE]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1963
• Created by: Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005
• Subject of: Frederick O'Neal, American, 1905 - 1992
• Subject of: Christine Spencer
• Subject of: Jimmy Randolph
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.6
• 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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