Ticket for an Informal Spring Frolic given by Georgetown Camp No. 4: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Ticket to an informal spring frolic given by Georgetown Camp No. 4 of the American Woodmen. The ticket is light green with black text. The logo for the American Woodmen is printed on the top left corner of the ticket. The logo depicts an ax stuck into a log with the letters “A. W.” printed on it. Another ax is leaning against the log. The text on the ticket reads “INFORMAL SPRING FROLIC / GIVEN BY / GEORGETOWN CAMP NO. 4, AMERICAN WOODMEN / ODD FELLOWS HALL, 9th and Tea Sts, N. W. / Friday Night, March 19, 1954 / From 9:00 P. M. Until / Music by IMMATERIAL FIVE / MARTIN L. JACKSON, Commander / MRS. Lessie E. Ross, Chairman / Admission - (tax incl.) - $1.25.” Printed on the back at the center of the ticket in red ink is “307.” Also on the back, handwritten in black ink is “O Martin.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1954
• Issued by: Georgetown Camp No. 4, American, founded 1922
• Subject of: Supreme Camp of American Woodmen, American, 1901 - 1994
• Subject of: Lessie E. Ross, American, 1899 - 1985
• Subject of: Martin L. Jackson, American, born 1892
• Type: tickets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 5/16 × 3 7/8 in. (5.8 × 9.8 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, united States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Societies
• Object number: 2017.1.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Long Gallery Harlem
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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