Advertisement card for the Blair Gospel Singers
Object Details
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Blair Gospel Singers, American
- Description
- A broadside for the Blair Gospel Singers of Indiana. The advertisement has the words "HERE THEY COME" in large fat black text along the top of the page above a photograph of five (5) men in suits. One man is seated at the center while the others stand behind him and lean slightly into him. Below the photograph are the group name and a list of songs they perform. At the bottom is an area for filling out specific event information such as place, time, and admission price with dotted lines for completing the information. The name of the group's manager and contact information is printed along the bottom. The reverse is blank.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- mid 20th century
- Object number
- 2014.63.102.24
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- broadsides
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 × 5 7/8 in. (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
- Place depicted
- Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Advertising
- Gospel (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2014.63.102.24
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd531aad7ed-bc51-42a0-9940-74ccd49dccd7
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