Subway card for Harlem Song designed by Gail Anderson

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This is a subway card for the show Harlem Song. Along the top margin in small black script is text that reads “George C. Wolfe’s.” Large text across the top half and bottom left quadrant in block red and black letters read “HARLEM / SONG / A NEW MUSICAL / Where the Streets / ARE PAVED with RHYTHM.” The last word is written in black script. On the right-hand side mid-way down the margin is a rectangle with a black background and a red border. Within the rectangle is grey text that reads “Live on Stage / at the / World-Famous /APOLLO / THEATER.” Along the bottom margin is white text that reads “Ticketmaster -212 307-7171 – Apollo Theater – 253 West 125th Street, NYC – harlemsong.com / Going uptown as easy as A,B,C,D,1,2,3,4,5,6, & Metro North.” In the bottom right corner are three small advertisements.

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