A broadside for a James Brown concert at Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort. The Broadside features a color image of James Brown singing with his eyes closed. Written in yellow and blue lettering at the top of the broadside is “James Brown.” On the bottom…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.9
A broadside advertising a James Brown concert at The Showbox. The broadside is white with a black-and-white image of a young James Brown in profile and black-and-white text. The image of James Brown is on the left side of the poster. The text on the right…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.20
A large broadside advertising a James Brown concert at the Blue moon Jazz festival in Cologne, Germany. The broadside features a color image of James Brown wearing a purple jacket and pants leaning against a concrete block in front of a building. “JAMES…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.12
A broadside advertising a James Brown concert in Shanghai. The broadside is black with blue and white text in both English and Chinese. A color image of James Brown is on the left side of the broadside. He is wearing a green sequined jacket, green pants…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.15
A single-sheet broadside with bold serif font typeface advertising an auction for the sale of eighteen slaves. It consists of black printed text on off-white paper. The top of the broadside reads "SLAVES! / Long Credit Sale / of / Plantation Hands / from…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.305
Broadside advertising a concert at Oak Street A.M.E. Zion Church of Madame Sissieretta Jones on Thursday April 27, 1893. The advertisment has an engraved vignette of Jones as well as information about the musical concert.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.62
A broadside promoting a revival hosted by the Antioch Baptist Church In East Orange, NJ with Dr. Clarence. M. Long. The broadside consists of black text on yellowed paper; a portrait of Dr. Long is in the center.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.79.11
A broadside advertising a court-ordered slave of enslaved persons at the courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, on January 10, 1859. The paper is printed in black ink with hand-written annotations along columns printed with the first names and ages of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.21.3
This broadside is an announcement for an estate sale of 229 enslaved men, women and children. The document consists of a single sheet of off-white paper, with a single fold to make four pages, with centered black type and handwritten inscriptions in ink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.18
A broadside for the formerly enslaved musician Thomas Wiggins, known as "Blind Tom." The broadside is printed in black and red ink on cream-colored paper. Along the top edge of the broadside is large red text that reads [THE EIGHTH WONDER / of the world.].…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.89
An original broadside printed in green ink on white paper, advertising a performance by Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra at “The Metropolitan.” The text reads: [NOW IN PERSON / AT THE / METROPOLITAN / DUKE ELLINGTON / AND HIS / COTTON CLUB /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.11.1
A broadside advertising a poetry reading by Essex Hemphill in London, England. Broadside is an electrostatic print on medium weight wove paper, green with black text. At center is a portrait of Hemphill framed by two mirrored figures holding flowers.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.103.1
1834 Baltimore Front-Street Theatre broadside in black ink on dark yellowed paper. The main text reads: [Baltimore Theater, Front-Street. / The Third Night of the Engagement of / Mr. J. R. Scott. / The Second Night of the / New Indian Tragedy. / On…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.59.5
Large three-sheet broadside promoting "Men of Color" to enlist in the Army; text printed in relief with carved wood type and cast letterpress/metal type. Text reads "MEN OF COLOR To Arms! To Arms!".
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.133
Promotional advertisement for the Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier heavyweight fight on October 1, 1975, printed in green and red ink with small portraits of Ali and Frazier, both in red. On the left side in the upper left quadrant is Ali and on the right side…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.211.1
A one-sided document printed in black ink reading: "ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF NEGROES!! The undersigned will, on the first day of January, 1850, offer for sale, to the highest bidder, at Flint Hill, in the county of St. Charles, a negro woman and child, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.51.18
A one-side single-sheet broadside from Milledgeville, Georgia, advertising sheriff auctions for enslaved persons, a horse, and plots of land. Printed in black ink, the top of the broadside reads [RECORDER, / EXTRA.] in large decorative font between double…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.26.3
A single-sheet broadside printed in black ink on wood pulp paper. The broadside is an announcement for a slave auction that took place on January 29, 1855 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Written at the top of the broadside in bold lettering is [56 VERY CHOICE /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.9.7
A double-sided broadside with photographic images of the SS. Frederick Douglass on one side and the SS. Phillis Wheatley on the other side. The side with an image of the SS. Phillis Wheatley is white with black type. It is bordered with black stars. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.9.9
This broadside advertises the estate of recently deceased Robert Skeen, owner of the Eagle Hotel and a farmer in Covington, Virginia. The list of property to be sold is: [The "EAGLE HOTEL," and other lots in the Town of Covington; a FARM adjoining the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.222.10
A broadside of the grand opening of House of Blues Chicago. The broadside is blue, yellow and pink with black text. Black musical clefs and stars are on both sides of the broadside. James Brown and His Orchestra are featured as headlining act to perform at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.13
This poster is an advertisement for a lectures series. It is made up of densely-spaced decorative script in letters of black and off-white. In the center is a black rectangle filled with off-white text that reads "Anatomy of / the Black Aesthetic; / an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.97.21
A broadside advertising the musical drama "Out of Bondage", the first play about slavery with an African-American cast. It features the cast, and a synopsis of the three acts that make up the play. The broadside has some slight wear and is affixed to a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.74
Broadside advertising a reward for the return of an enslaved man named Arch. The broadside consists of printed carbon black ink on laid rag paper. In large letters at the top is printed [THIRTY DOLLARS / REWARD.] followed by smaller text, [RAN away, on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.113
