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Homage to General Dr. José de Siqueira Menezes's ball dance card

Unknown1906-10-12

Museu da Moda Brasileira

Museu da Moda Brasileira
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Card in light background, with trimmed edges. Cover with red and blue flowers in relief; to the center, a landscape with houses and a church tower also in relief. Inside, program with four pages. In the first one, printed in brown: "Homage to His Excellency Dr. José de Siqueira Menezes" and the date of the ball, on the second page, inside the medallion, portrait of Siqueira Menezes and date 10-12-906, Between leaves and vase; on the third page the program with 6 dances, being: 3 waltzes, 1 gangs, 1 polkas and 1 schottisch, in the fourth and fifth page, the program with the eighteen dances, being: 6 waltzes, 2 gangs, 2 polkas and 2 schottischs; Female names written by pencil: Nena Sidora, Vilma K ..., Dulce Bandeira Mello (twice), Baby ...., Melle Feital and an illegible name. Pink pencil with inscription "Johann Faber", with green cord attaches the program to the card.

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  • Title: Homage to General Dr. José de Siqueira Menezes's ball dance card
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1906-10-12
  • Location Created: Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: A 10.0 X L 12.7
  • 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
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