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Handbill from James Brown concert at the Pleasure Pier Ballroom

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Created by

    Unidentified

    Subject of

    James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
    James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American, 1934 - 2012
    Bobby Howard Byrd, American, 1934 - 2007
    "Baby" Lloyd, American, 1941 - 2002

    Description

    A 3-color handbill for a concert by the singer James Brown held on Tuesday, November 30, 1965 at the Pleasure Pier Ballroom in Port Arthur, Texas. The handbill adversises James Brown and the performers accompanying him for this performance. The top of the handbill lists the concert venue, date, time, and ticket price. At center-right is a cropped portrait photograph of Brown, smiling and looking to the viewer's left, next to white text on a red background, "James/Brown/ "Out of Sight"/ Grits and Soul" "Virginia Wolfe". Below this text and image, from viewer's left to right, are three rows of text and images depicting additional performers, including: James Crawford, The Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, and T.V. Mama; "Baby" Lloyd and Al Brisco Clark; and James Brown 18-Piece Orchestra. The handbill has text printed in blue and black ink, four text boxes in red with white print, and two text boxes outlined in red with black text inside.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    1965

    Object number

    2014.97.3

    Restrictions & Rights

    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    handbills

    Medium

    printing ink on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W: 9 7/16 × 7 in. (24 × 17.8 cm)

    Place depicted

    Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Funk (Music)
    Mass media
    Soul (Music)

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ffd24c03-698a-4af6-9afe-ec6c4bfbbc51

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.97.3

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