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Published by:
Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., Inc., American, founded 1969  Search this
Subject of:
Black Enterprise, American, founded 1970  Search this
Medium:
ink or paper (fiber product) with metal
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 11 × 8 1/4 × 3/16 in. (27.9 × 21 × 0.5 cm)
H x W x D (Open): 11 × 16 1/2 × 3/16 in. (27.9 × 41.9 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Date:
1973
Description:
An issue of Black Enterprise magazine, December 1973, Volume 4, No. 5. The front cover is black and has white type at the top that reads: [December/1973 / BLACK / ENTERPRISE]. Next to the white type, yellow type reads: [Black Africa on the / Road to Economic Takeoff]. Underneath the text, there is a color photograph of Thomas A. Wood in a suit and tie placed in front of three cabs for semi-truck style automobiles (one is red, one is yellow, and the one furthest in the background is a light blue). White type in the bottom left corner reads: [Thomas A. Wood / Pioneer of Afro-American / Black Business]. The corners of the image are curved. There is a piece of clear tape with a black in stamp that reads: [GLENVILLE BRANCH] across the top of the image. There is also a black ink stamp, stamped diagonally across the picture to the right of Wood's head that reads: [CANCEL]. The interior pages, seventy-two in total, are off-white paper with black type, and both black-and-white and color images and drawings. There is a folded calendar inside the magazine, sponsored by [Eastern / The Wings of Man], between pages forty and forty-one. The magazine contents include economic articles, articles about Africa, and advertisements. The back cover is an advertisement for Benson & Hedges 100's cigarettes, and has a color image of a woman smoking a cigarette with the top bent upwards, holding a cardboard box with three puppies in it. White type above the box reads: [America’s Favorite Cigarette Break].
Topic:
African American  Search this
Black Press  Search this
Business  Search this
Mass media  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2014.76.17
Restrictions & Rights:
© Black Enterprise Magazine
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Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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EDAN-URL:
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