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Lobby card for Cabin in the Sky

1943

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Lobby card for "Cabin in the Sky". The lobby card has a bright yellow background spangled with red, orange, and black stars and musical notes. In the top left corner there is a color photograph of Lena Horne, Eddie Anderson, and Ethel Waters with standing at a white picket fence, in front of an orange background. To the right is a black-and-white illustration of Duke Ellington in tuxedo and top hat dancing with Lena Horne. In the bottom right corner is a black-and-white illustration of a drum set, clarinet, and trumpet, with the hands and faces of the musicians just visible. Just left of center is black and red text reading [Entertainment galore! / Gorgeous girls! Songs! / CABIN IN / THE SKY / What a cast!

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Catalog reference: 2013.118.97

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