Promotional card for a piano recital given by Eunice Waymon (Nina Simone)
Object Details
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003
- National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
- Description
- An advertising card for a piano recital performed by Eunice Waymon, later known as Nina Simone, at age 21. The grey card is rectangular with rounded corners and is printed in black ink. The text on the front of the card reads: [IN RECITAL... / EUNICE WAYMON, PIANIST / NEW CENTURY AUDITORIUM / One Twenty-four South Twelfth Street / Friday Evening, February 19, 1954 / at 8:30 o'clock / SUBSCRIPTION (INCLUDING TAX) $1.30 / SPONSORS / Philadelphia Branch N.A.N.M., Inc. / and Young People's Music Club]. The back of the card has no marks, printing, or inscriptions.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1954
- Object number
- 2011.132.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- advertising cards
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (5.7 x 9.8 cm)
- Place depicted
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Classical (Music)
- Composers (Musicians)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Popular music
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.132.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e353db53-8f11-4ae9-bd32-30ed154bbaf3
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