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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Promotional material for the Invincible Concert Company. 3 items, various sizes; repairs to pamphlet, moderate wear and light foxing to cards. Chicago and Kansas City, MO, circa 1917
The Invincible Concert Company was a popular act from about 1914 to 1922. This lot includes:
Large promotional pamphlet. 4 pages, 14 x 7¾ inches, on one folding sheet. Describes five members, led by multi-instrumentalists James Johnson and Edward Mackey, two blind men "to whom all instruments are alike," playing violin, mandolin, cornet, saxophone, piano, and the exotic harp guitar. They were accompanied on vocals by "Mrs. Johnson and her daughter," as well as J.W. Cooper, who also performed a ventriloquist act. The final two pages are devoted to testimonials. Chicago: Williams Lyceum Bureau, circa 1917.
Illustrated card showing "Invincible 4," 5 x 6 inches.
Illustrated card showing "The Greater Invincible Concert Company," 4¾ x 6 inches, Kansas City, MO.
With--promotional brochure for "The World-Famous Williams' Colored Singers." 4 pages, 14½ x 8 inches, on one folding sheet; moderate toning to front page. Rochester, NY, 19 April 1915.
