Fan advertising the American Beach Negro Ocean Playground
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1935
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: American Beach, American, founded 1935
notes: label: Description
content: A fan made of ink on paper board with a wood handle. The fan advertises the Negro Ocean Playground in American Beach, Florida. The front of the fan features an image of children getting ready to go swimming. The back of the fan (side that the handle is attached to) has printed text with information about the beach, an American Beach logo, and images of beach balls.
place: label: Place depicted
content: American Beach, Nassau County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
setName: label: See more items in
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, Gift of Eleanor Adams Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.128
objectType: label: Type
content: fans (costume accessories)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on cardboard on wood with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 x 8 1/4 x 1/16 in. (30.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm)