[MUSIC]. A group of 4 posters promoting gospel acts, incl. Soul Stirrers, Mighty Clouds of Joy, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Dixie Hummingbirds.
Sale 1118 - African Americana
Feb 28, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $378
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MUSIC]. A group of 4 posters promoting gospel acts, incl. Soul Stirrers, Mighty Clouds of Joy, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Dixie Hummingbirds.
In Concert - The Mighty Clouds of Joy... Baltimore, MD: Globe Poster, [1962?]. 22 x 31 1/4 in. poster printed in black and orange. Advertising a gospel concert at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana. -- New Orleans Jaxx & Heritage Festival. [New Orleans]: N.p., [1977?]. 22 x 27 7/8 in. poster printed in red on yellow cardstock. Poster for the still ongoing festival which began in 1970. -- The Zion Harmonizers 48th Year Anniversary Presenting...The World Famous of Dixie Hummingbirds of Philadelphia, Pa. [New Orleans?]: N.p., [1987]. 22 x 28 in. poster printed in red. The Zion Harmonizers, a long-standing New Orleans gospel group founded in 1939, hosts the influential Dixie Hummingbirds. -- Don't You Dare Miss The First Big Gospel Singing & Easter Extravaganza of 2001. Benson, NC: Benton Card Co., 2001. 21 5/8 x 27 7/8 in. black and turquoise poster. Advertising Spencer Taylor and the Highway QC's, Willie Rogers and the Original Soul Stirrers, and Texas Boyz at Community First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. -- Together, 4 posters on cardstock, condition varies, creasing, marginal tears, occasional small losses and stains.
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