Time Magazine, Vol. L, No. 12
- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Published by
- Time Inc., American, founded 1922
- Subject of
- Robinson, Jackie, American, 1919 - 1972
- Date
- September 22, 1947
- Medium
- paper, ink, metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 3/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/4 in. (28.4 × 21.6 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Time Magazine, Volume 15, Number 12, September 22, 1947. Cover features a color illustration of Jackie Robinson surrounded by baseballs. Robinson looks away from the viewer toward the upper left. He wears a blue baseball hat with a white [B] on the front. The illustration is on a white background that is bordered in several thin lines at the edges. At the top of the illustration on the white background is the publication title [TIME / THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE]. Below the illustration is a short caption [JACKIE ROBINSON / He and the boss took a chance. / (Sport)]. Behind the white background is red that covers the remainder of the cover. At the top of the cover is the price and date [TWENTY CENTS SEPTEMBER 22, 1947]. At the bottom of the cover is the price and volume and number [$6.50 A YEAR/(REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.)/VOL. L NO. 12].
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- baseball cards
- Topic
- Athletes
- Baseball
- Mass media
- Sports
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.183.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Time Magazine
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