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Advertisement card for a revival featuring the Cleveland Colored Quintet

1947

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An advertising card for a performance by the Cleveland Colored Quintet with Mrs. Lacy in Detroit, Michigan. The card has a photo of the music group along the top left. The five (5) men are photographed from the chest up in a line and all wear suit jackets and ties. Text detailing the performance schedule and details about a revival at the First Church of the Nazarene is printed to the right and below the photo. The other side of the card has a typed address for Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Wager and has a postal office stamp dated October 15, 1947.

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Catalog reference: 2014.63.102.12

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