Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969 Search this
Subject of:
Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970 Search this
Medium:
ink on paper (fiber product) with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 11 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 11 × 16 3/8 × 1/8 in. (27.9 × 41.6 × 0.3 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Date:
1973
Description:
An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, August 1973, Volume 4, No. 1. The front cover is black with white type at the top that reads: [August/1973 / BLACK / ENTERPRISE] with [BLACK FARMING IN / THE AGE OF AGRI-BUSINESS] in green type to the right of the white type. Underneath the title there is a color photograph of a man in a button-down denim shirt and a tan cowboy hat standing in front of a John Deere green tractor on a farm. White type in the bottom right corner of the image reads: [Texas Farmer / Eristus Sams]. The corners of the image are curved. There is a black ink stamp, stamped diagonally across the title that reads: [CANCELLED]. In the top right corner there is another stamp that reads: [GLENVILLE BRANCH]. There is a white sticker with black type positioned vertically in the bottom left corner that reads: [CLEVE660PAA BE 221 / 296311 OO 1 AUG 7306 / CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY / GLENVILLE BRANCH H41 / 660 PARKWOOD DR / CLEVELAND OH 44108]. The interior pages, forty-eight in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. The contents of the magazine include economic articles, agricultural articles, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges 100's cigarettes, and has a color image of a man smoking a cigarette bent upwards, painting a birdhouse. White type across the advertisement’s image reads: [America’s Favorite Cigarette Break.].