Advertisement Card for a Sunday School Rally in Detroit, Michigan

An advertisement card for a revival week at The First Church of the Nazarene in Detroit, Michigan. The card features a printed photo of a man wearing a suit jacket and tie at the left center. The rest of the card is printed with text in various sizes and fonts with details about church events, including revivals and guest music…

Advertisement Card for Revival Featuring the Cleveland Colored Quintet

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…

Advertisement Card for the Holiness Youth Crusade in Detroit, Michigan

An advertisement card for a Youth Crusade event at The Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium featuring the Cleveland Colored Quintet and the speaker Capt. James Deweerd. The card is printed in dark blue and orange ink with details about the event, including speakers and musical guests. The upper center of the card features a printed photo of the Cleveland Colored…

Class of 1892 Oberlin Academy Preparatory School

A black and white photograph of the Oberlin Academy Preparatory School Class of 1892. There are three (3) rows of students. The first row is one (1) girl in a white dress. Her hair is pulled back and she has curls in the front. She appears to be kneeling on the ground. The middle row contains four (4) girls in…

Photographic Postcard of the C. & M. A. Gospel Quintette

A photographic postcard featuring an image of Floyd H. Lacy, John H. Parker, Spurgeon R. Jones, Alexander E. Talbert, and Henry D. Hodges wearing suites. Two of the men are seated together, while the remaining three stand around them. The seated man on the left is holding a small plucked string instrument. The seated man on the right is reading…

Photographic Postcard of the Cleveland Colored Quintet

A black-and-white unused photographic postcard of the Cleveland Colored Quintet. Five (5) men are pictured standing in a row in front of a wood paneled wall wearing suits and neckties. They hold, from left to right, a baritone horn, an alto saxophone, a book, a violin, and a soprano saxophone. The man at center holding the book points his right…

Pinback Button Endorsing Carl Stokes for Mayor of Cleveland

A metal pinback button endorsing Carl Stokes for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. The button features one line of text reading [STOKES] where the [OK] is white type while the other letters are printed in black, the background is a dark orange. The words are printed directly on the button. The back of the button has a straight pin extending beyond…

Window Card for The Bronze Venus

A window card for the film The Bronze Venus. On the left side, the card features a black and white image of Lena Horne wearing an evening gown. On the right, in large red letters is [LENA / HORNE] followed by [THE SWING SIREN OF / “CABIN IN THE SKY” / AND “STORMY WEATHER” / IN / ‘THE / BRONZE…