Handbill from James Brown concert at the Pleasure Pier Ballroom
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American, 1934 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Howard Byrd, American, 1934 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: "Baby" Lloyd, American, 1941 - 2002
notes: label: Description
content: A 3-color handbill for a concert by the singer James Brown held on Tuesday, November 30, 1965 at the Pleasure Pier Ballroom in Port Arthur, Texas. The handbill adversises James Brown and the performers accompanying him for this performance. The top of the handbill lists the concert venue, date, time, and ticket price. At center-right is a cropped portrait photograph of Brown, smiling and looking to the viewer's left, next to white text on a red background, "James/Brown/ "Out of Sight"/ Grits and Soul" "Virginia Wolfe". Below this text and image, from viewer's left to right, are three rows of text and images depicting additional performers, including: James Crawford, The Famous Flames, Bobby Byrd, and T.V. Mama; "Baby" Lloyd and Al Brisco Clark; and James Brown 18-Piece Orchestra. The handbill has text printed in blue and black ink, four text boxes in red with white print, and two text boxes outlined in red with black text inside.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Funk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2014.97.3
objectType: label: Type
content: handbills
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: printing ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 7/16 × 7 in. (24 × 17.8 cm)