Transit pass for St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Duke Ellington
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Object Details
- Created by
- St. Louis Public Service Company, American, 1927 - 1966
- Subject of
- Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974
- Pine Street YMCA, American, 1919 - 1955
- Description
- Transit pass for the St. Louis Public Service Company depicting Duke Ellington. The pass features information about the Y Camp Benefit Circus featuring Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. The pass is half-cream colored, half-green web patterned pass with additional text and a graphic of Duke Ellington on left.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- April 1941
- Object number
- 2010.34.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- passes (tickets)
- Medium
- ink on wove paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. (5.4 x 9.2 cm)
- Place depicted
- Municipal Auditorium, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Jazz (Music)
- Recreation
- Transportation
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.34.19
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fdd23e01-ee3c-48d0-b3a1-a7de29c3d9bb
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