Jack Schenk presents Darktown Scandals

Description
Poster advertising performances at Boone Theatre, Kansas City, for eight days commencing Saturday, September 27, 1941; featured events include a "Midnite Ramble Saturday-Sunday-Thursday" and "Jack Schenck presents Darktown Scandals"; poster advertises featured singer Ida Cox, "Plus red-hot stage band", and 'Cast of 35 / 12 singing, dancing, hi-brown babies;" illustration of dancing girl on poster.
Date Issued
1941
Type
posters
Extent
1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 72 x 56 cm
Genre
Concert posters
Posters
Lithographs
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection
Time Period
1941-1950
Subject (Name)
Boone Theater (Kansas City, Mo.)
Schenck, Jack
Cox, Ida, 1889-1967
Subject (Topical)
Dance music
African American jazz musicians
Subject (Geographic)
Kansas City (Mo.)
Subjects (community)
18th and Vine District
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.
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Collection Identifier: MS-0050
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections
Related Finding Aid
Brian Thurn Collection