Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Broadside for Duke Ellington and Cotton Club Orchestra
1933-1934
United States, North and Central America
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 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 / ORCHESTRA / EXCLUSIVE VICTOR ARTIST]. The text is surrounded by a single-line green border.
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Catalog reference: 2024.11.1
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