1940 · New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA: Charles Collier, 1940. Advertisement. 4to. (3) pp., title leaf as described above, double-page illustrated advertisement for five acts in the show, and illustrated advertising for Cookie Howard, "The Girl Contortionist" on the rear page. An African-American owned and operated variety tent show that performed mostly in the South, Silas Green from New Orleans featured Bessie Smith in the 1920s; Collier gained full ownership in the mid-1930s and ran the show until the mid-1950s. Very good. Folded (short tears into margins). (#5546).
(Inventory #: 58843)