Window card for The Bronze Venus: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A window card for the film The Bronze Venus. On the left side, the card features a black and white image of Lena Horne wearing an evening gown. On the right, in large red letters is [LENA / HORNE] followed by [THE SWING SIREN OF / "CABIN IN THE SKY" / AND "STORMY WEATHER" / IN / "THE / BRONZE / VENUS"] in black text. Beneath this is [WITH / Ralph Cooper Lawrence Griner / Basin St. Boys / The Cats and the Fiddle / and All Star Colored Cast]. Along the top of the card, in a red rectangular box, is showtime information for the Regent Theatre in Youngstown, Ohio.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1943
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Mantan Moreland, American, 1902 - 1973
• Subject of: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
• Subject of: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
• Subject of: Buck and Bubbles, American, founded 1919
• Subject of: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
• Subject of: Ralph Cooper, American, 1908 - 1992
• Subject of: John L. Criner, American, 1898 - 1965
• Type: window cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/8 × 14 in. (56.2 × 35.6 cm)
• Place used: Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musical films
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Race films
• Object number: 2013.118.147
• 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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