Que Mardi Gras Ball at Manhattan Center

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Date: March 7, 1969; 1969-03-07 Material: Ink on paper Dimension: 8.5 x 11 inches; 600 ppi

Creator: Carl Bartlett Sr. Identifier: aql:33452 qmp-cb-sr-102018-003 qmp-cb-sr-102018-003.tif

Description: Flyer for the Que Mardi Gras Ball at Manhattan Center on 34th and 8th Avenue - This event was sponsored by the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, a national African-American fraternity, it was a battle of the bands with Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (hit song was "Shotgun") vs. Mongo Santamaria and His Band (hit song "Watermelon Man"). Two other bands played Tommy Vann and his professionals, and Bartlett's Contemporaries.

Title : Que Mardi Gras Ball at Manhattan Center

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Carl Bartlett Sr.

Date : March 7, 1969; 1969-03-07

Summary/Description : Flyer for the Que Mardi Gras Ball at Manhattan Center on 34th and 8th Avenue - This event was sponsored by the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, a national African-American fraternity, it was a battle of the bands with Jr. Walker and the All-Stars (hit song was "Shotgun") vs. Mongo Santamaria and His Band (hit song "Watermelon Man"). Two other bands played Tommy Vann and his professionals, and Bartlett's Contemporaries.

Subject : Concerts; Musicians; Advertising fliers; Santamaria, Mongo; Walker, Jr.; Bartlett, Charles, Jr.; Bartlett, Carl, Sr.; Bartlett Contemporaries

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : 34th Street and 8th Avenue, New York, NY Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Flyer

Format : Ink on paper; 8.5 x 11 inches; 600 ppi

Identifier : aql:33452 qmp-cb-sr-102018-003 qmp-cb-sr-102018-003.tif