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Ball offered to HE. Sr. Edwin Morgan (ambassador of the United States of America in Brazil) dance card

Unknown1913-07-31

Museu da Moda Brasileira

Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The cover has two ties of ribbons with the colors of the American and Brazilian flags, which attach the program to the card, printed in red letters: "Ball offered to the Honorable Edwin Morgan, Ambassador of the United States of America, Brazil, Federal Senate" and the date of the ball. On the back cover, printed in red letters: "Leuzinger & C (...) 5669-13". On the central pages, printed in red letters to the upper center: "Programma", the program with sixteen dances, being: 10 waltzes, 5 polkas and 1 gang; Filled with female names written by pencil: Theresita D. Péreira, Astréa Palm. Mlle Castro Nunes, Mme Cavalcanti, Zaira Nabuco, Mme Fco. Valladares, Zezé Mesquita and Luzia Mattos S. Bandeira. Light green pencil with inscription "A. W. Faber", attached to the card with a string of the same color.

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  • Title: Ball offered to HE. Sr. Edwin Morgan (ambassador of the United States of America in Brazil) dance card
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1913-07-31
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: A 12.7 X L 17.0 (aberto)
  • Provenance: On the card, the lady or gentleman wrote down the names of each partner with whom she or he would dance throughout the night next to the name of the dance and the songs programmed for the dance. Attached to the card, there was always a pencil hanging from a cord or band that were tied to the wrist.
  • Type: Dance card
  • Photographer: Luke Garcia
  • Rights: GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO / SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE CULTURA / FUNDAÇÃO ANITA MANTUANO DE ARTES DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO – FUNARJ / CASA DA MARQUESA DE SANTOS - MUSEU DA MODA BRASILEIRA
  • Medium: Paper, vegetable, cotton, wood, print, printing ink
Museu da Moda Brasileira

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