- Created by
- Unidentified
- Printed by
- Inquirer Printing Establishment, American, 1870s - 1880s
- Date
- 1884
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9 5/8 × 6 in. (24.4 × 15.2 cm)
- Description
- Handbill advertising a benefit event for A.M.E. Zion Church Stony Brook and its pastor Rev. Thomas C. Johnson. The small flier has black printed text on a white background. The text begins [Zion Sons and Daughters, Awake!] with an invitation to [A Grand / Punch Card Entertainment / AND / APPLE DUMPLING FEAST AND FESTIVAL]. The event is scheduled at the house of Brother Abraham Tobias on October 29th, 1884. The bottom has a list of trustees and a note about the church's quarterly meeting. The reverse is blank.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place used
- Setauket, Suffolk County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Type
- handbills
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Amusements
- Communities
- Methodist
- Religion
- Social life and customs
- The Black Church
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.40.63
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.