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- Cultural Expressions Gallery
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- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- Written by
- Washington, Ella Mae, American
- Published by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper with cardboard
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 5/8 in. (24.8 x 20 x 1.6 cm)
- Description
- A first edition copy of Color in Dress for Dark Skinned Peoples by Ella Mae Washington. This is a hardback bound book with a brown cover. Embossed on the front cover along the left hand margin is a lighthouse set upon a rocky base. Along the right hand side is the title that reads "COLOR IN DRESS/ for / DARK SKINNED PEOPLES." At the bottom of right hand side is the author's name "Ella Mae Washington." The image and the text are embossed onto the cover. The background consists of embossed wavy lines swirling in an abstract pattern.
- Place printed
- Langston, Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- hardcover books
- Topic
- Beauty culture
- Clothing and dress
- Colorism
- Identity
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Linda Crichlow White
- Object number
- 2013.229
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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