Photograph by

Unidentified

Owned by

Sullivan, Maxine, American, 1911 - 1987

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W: 3 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (8.7 × 14 cm)

Type

admission tickets

Place depicted

Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date

June 27, 1960

Description

A Prospect Junior High School graduation admissions ticket. The ticket is made of off-white colored paper with type printed in black ink. The type reads: [The Graduation Class / of / June, Nineteen Hundred and Sixty / Prospect Jr. High School / Requests The Honor Of Your Presence / At Its / Graduation Exercises / Monday Morning, June the Twenty-Seventh / At The R.K.O. Franklin Theater / At Nine O'Clock / Please Present This Card For Admission / 161st Street And Prospect Avenue]. The back of the admissions ticket has a handwritten inscription that say [Parents Association / 2].

Topic

African American

Education

United States--Social life and customs

Youth

Credit Line

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

Object number

2013.46.29.134

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Maxine Sullivan Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture