Placemat advertising Harlem Song designed by Gail Anderson

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This is a paper placemat from McDonald’s with an advertisement for the show Harlem Song on the front. This advertisement features small black script along the top margin text that reads “George C. Wolfe’s.” Large block text across the top half of the sheet in red and black letters read “HARLEM / SONG /COME TO WHERE / THE STREETS ARE / PAVED / WITH / RHYTHM.” To the left of this line is a rectangle that reads “A New Musical/Live on Stage / at the / World-Famous / APOLLO / THEATER.” Between the worlds ‘Harlem Song’ is a small female figure in photographic black and white. She wears a showgirl costume with feathers and sequins and a headdress with three large feathers sprouting from the top. She waves her arms in the air as the fringe on her costume twirls around her.

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