Happy New Year--!!! Gadzooks, it's the original First Night!! Boston 97 First Night, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1996

GUSN

GUSN-331987

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Entertainments
First Night
First Night - General - Folder 1
Happy New Year--!!! Gadzooks, it's the original First Night!! Boston 97 First Night, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Entertainments
    - First Night
      - First Night - General - Folder 1
        Button, First Night '86, First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        Button, First Night 1988, First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        Button, First Night 1989, First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        First Night Boston 96, official First Night Boston '96 program guide, 20th anniversary, Boston, Mass.
        Happy New Year--!!! Gadzooks, it's the original First Night!! Boston 97 First Night, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        First Night Boston 1998, December 31, 1997, official program guide free! First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        First Night Boston 1999, December 31, 1998, official program guide free! First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        Button, First Night 2000, limited ed., Fidelity Investments, Boston, Mass.
        Buy your First Night button here! $20 at these locations: Store 24, Stop & Shop, McDonald's, Starbucks Coffee, First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.
        First Night 2000 Boston's millennium celebration, December 31, 1999, January 1 and 2, 2000, First Night Boston, Boston, Mass.

Description

The program is shaped like a comic book and has comic panels throughout to lead the reader through the program emphasizing the importance of art in people's lives and communities. The program lists activities, performances, contributors and staff members. There is a map and advertisements from corporate sponsors. Text on the front cover reads, "Imagination! Creativity! Participation! Noon-midnight December 31, 1996."

Details

Descriptive Terms

Events
celebrations
festivals
holidays
New Year's Day
nonprofit organizations
performing arts
people in the performing arts
sponsors
volunteers
programs (documents)

Physical Descrption

1 program, 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.038.02.01.005

Image Dimensions

10 1/4 x 6 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

First Night Boston (Boston, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

programs (documents)

Other Organizations

Neighborhood Network (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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