Printing plate of Gwendolyn Brooks used by The Chicago Defender

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On View
Power of Place Gallery
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Objects in this Location
Exhibition
Power of Place
Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Brooks, Gwendolyn, American, 1917 - 2000
Used by
The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
Date
ca. 1950
Medium
zinc
Dimensions
5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/16 in. (14.1 x 9.8 x 0.2 cm)
Description
Printing plate of Gwendolyn Brooks. There are accretions on the bottom left and right corners of the plate. On the back, [GWENDOLYN BROOKS].
Place collected
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making
Type
printing plates
portraits
Topic
Black Press
Business
Communication
Mass media
Technology
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
Object number
2012.18.5.128
Restrictions & Rights
© Chicago Defender Publishing Company
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c46defd3-b250-46ea-8026-9e391299ae49

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