Transit pass for St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Duke Ellington: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Transit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Duke Ellington. The pass features information about the Y Camp Benefit Circus featuring Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. The pass is half-cream colored, half-green web patterned pass with additional text and a graphic of Duke Ellington on left.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 1941
• Created by: St. Louis Public Service Company, American, 1927 - 1966
• Subject of: Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
• Subject of: Pine Street YMCA, American, 1919 - 1955
• Type: passes (tickets)
• Medium: ink on wove paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (5.4 x 9.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Municipal Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: Transportation
• Object number: 2010.34.19
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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