Theatre program for The Green Pastures: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Theatre program for The Green Pastures. White background with blue box, graphic of a man serenading a woman with an instrument by moonlight. [WILLY POCANY/MANSFIELD / THEATRE/47th STREET west of BROADWAY/COPYRIGHTED NEW YORK THEATRE PROGRAM CORPORATION]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 1930
• Subject of: Richard B. Harrison, American, 1864 - 1935
• Subject of: Daniel Louis Haynes, American, 1889 - 1954
• Subject of: Wesley Hill
• Subject of: Salem Tutt Whitney, American, 1869 - 1934
• Subject of: Alonzo Fenderson
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.35
• 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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