Theatre program for Yellow: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Theatre Program for Yellow. Black background with white lettering and oval graphic featuring a white statue holding a gold mask. [Walter C Jordan's/National/Theatre/41st St. - West of Broadway/Walter C. Jordan and/Sam S. & Lee Shubert, Inc., Lesses/Direction of Lee & J. J. Shubert]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1926
• Created by: Davide T. Nederlander Theatre, American, founded 1921
• Subject of: Joseph Guthrie
• Subject of: Chester Morris, American, 1901 - 1970
• Subject of: Jose Rivas
• Subject of: Selena Royle, American, 1904 - 1983
• Subject of: Hale Hamilton, American, 1883 - 1942
• Subject of: Marjorie Wood, British, 1882 - 1955
• Subject of: Shirley Warde, American, 1901 - 1991
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (19.4 x 13.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Object number: 2011.45.99
• 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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