Colored concert band Norman L. Black conductor – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Colored concert band Norman L. Black conductor, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Colored concert band Norman L. Black conductor
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A concert band led by Norman L. Black is the focus of this 1936 silkscreen, which advertises a performance under the period label "Colored Concert Band." The Federal Music Project, one of the four arts units of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored the poster, and its subject places the concert in Illinois during the 1930s. The work is attributed to an artist named Carken. The title's wording reflects how the era labeled Black musicians, so it is worth reading as a historical record as well as a notice for a performance.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 246 · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Concerts--Illinois--1930-1940. Bands--1930-1940. African Americans--Music--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 984 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 43_Colored_concert_band_No_1936 |
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