Published by
Urban Magazine Corporation of America, American
Subject of
Major Merritt, Lavell, American, born 1928
Owned by
Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
Date
1969
Medium
paper, ink, metal
Dimensions
H x W: 11 1/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/8 in. (28.1 × 21.6 × 0.3 cm)
Description
Urban Magazine, March 1969 featuring a large black and white image of Major Lavell Merritt, seen from the chest up. Merritt wears an army uniform with the branch insignia on his PL collar. Merritt wears dark, thick rimmed glasses and looks into the camera. In the lower left quadrant of the image is a mushroom cloud with black text inside [BLACK/MAJOR/BLAST/U.S. ARMY]. The image is bordered in white and is on a black background. At the top fourth, is the magazine title [URBAN/MAGAZINE]. To the right of the magazine title is a black and white illustration of an owl with black text below ["WE PRINT NEWS/NOT HISTORY"]. The owl is contained within a white rectangle. Along the bottom, in white, is the date and price [March 1969 25 ¢].
Place printed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Books and Published Materials
Type
magazines (periodicals)
Topic
Local and regional
Mass media
Military
Politics
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2013.201.10
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53099b5c8-985e-4a28-a0e1-02352e52384d

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