Flier for Butterbeans and Susie at the Palace Theatre in Memphis
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1930
name: label: Printed by
content: Peter J. Carey & Sons, Inc., American, founded 1898
label: Subject of
content: Butterbeans and Susie, American, 1920 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Jodie Edwards, American, 1893 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Susie Edwards, American, 1894 - 1963
notes: label: Description
content: A flier advertisement for a performance by the comedic duo Butterbeans and Susie, with their 30-person touring company, at the Palace Theatre on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. The flier is printed in black and red ink on a single sheet of off-white paper, folded to form four pages. The first page features a black-and-white portrait of Susie Edwards, with [FROLIC / TO-NIGHT / FOR WHITE] printed across it in red ink. Beneath the portrait are the details of the performance. The interior spread pages feature three black-and-white photographs of the company performers. Text at the bottom reads: "Butterbeans and Susie Are Heading Their Own Company this Season with the Peppiest and Fastest Show on the Road." This is followed by a partial list of performers: Famous Gibson Family, Joe Clark, James Compson, George Gould, Clyde Parks, Eddie Heywood, Tressie Leggs, Elizabeth Conley." The back page features a black-and-white portrait of "Butterbeans," (Jodie Edwards). Each page has a graphic geometric border.
label: Statement
content: Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Beale Street, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blackface
label: Topic
content: Comedy
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
label: Topic
content: Vaudeville
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.63
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on newsprint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)