Advertisement for Jackie Mabley, Funniest Woman in America, in playbill for the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, New York City, circa 1940s
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Title
Advertisement for Jackie Mabley, Funniest Woman in America, in playbill for the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, New York City, circa 1940s
Collection
Programs and playbills
Apollo Theater
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1949 (Approximate)
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Subjects
Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
Mabley, Moms
African American women comedians
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Nightclubs
Genres
Physical Description
Playbills
Extent: 11 x 14 cm ; black and white
Photomechanical prints
Languages
Identifiers
Photo Order: 50227
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4ba43f80-836b-0130-d459-58d385a7b928
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Advertisement for Jackie Mabley, Funniest Woman in America, in playbill for the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, New York City, circa 1940s" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940 - 1949. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ba43f80-836b-0130-d459-58d385a7b928
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1940 - 1949). Advertisement for Jackie Mabley, Funniest Woman in America, in playbill for the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, New York City, circa 1940s Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ba43f80-836b-0130-d459-58d385a7b928
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Advertisement for Jackie Mabley, Funniest Woman in America, in playbill for the Apollo Theater, in Harlem, New York City, circa 1940s" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4ba43f80-836b-0130-d459-58d385a7b928
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