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White paper poster. “DANCE! COLORED FOLKS AT FORUM ROOF, Waterloo’s most beautiful ball room has been given over for one night to you for your entertainment and pleasure, on JULY 24, 1929. . . . Let’s all be there and have a lot of good clean fun as we have before,” printed in red ink at poster’s anterior. Donated to the museum by Mrs. Sylvester B. Howell following the death of her husband, manager of the Howell Printing Company in Waterloo, in 1971. Forum Roof was a dance hall located at the corner of East 11th Street and Sycamore Street in Waterloo. This poster is strong evidence of segregation in the absence of Jim Crow Laws. The date of July 24, 1929 (a Wednesday) would place this event in close temporal proximity to Emancipation Day, celebrated in early August.
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Dance Event For Colored People In 1929
Description:
White paper poster. “DANCE! COLORED FOLKS AT FORUM ROOF, Waterloo’s most beautiful ball room has been given over for one night to you for your entertainment and pleasure, on JULY 24, 1929. . . . Let’s all be there and have a lot of good clean fun as we have before,” printed in red ink at poster’s anterior. Donated to the museum by Mrs. Sylvester B. Howell following the death of her husband, manager of the Howell Printing Company in Waterloo, in 1971. Forum Roof was a dance hall located at the corner of East 11th Street and Sycamore Street in Waterloo. This poster is strong evidence of segregation in the absence of Jim Crow Laws. The date of July 24, 1929 (a Wednesday) would place this event in close temporal proximity to Emancipation Day, celebrated in early August.
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people African American dance Visual communication Art Art Enslaved persons--Emancipation Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Anniversaries, etc.
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
zxx
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
2 pages
Genre:
posters
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd1971021010001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9794124b
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Suggested Citation:
"Dance Event For Colored People In 1929", Grout Museum District, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9794124b
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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