- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Edited by
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Burns, Ben, American, 1913 - 2002
- Clayton, Edward T., American, 1921 - 1966
- Subject of
- Robinson, Edna Mae, American, 1915 - 2002
- Billy Eckstine, American, 1914 - 1993
- Eckstein, June, American
- Robinson, Sugar Ray, American, 1921 - 1989
- Date
- November 1, 1951
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Closed): 5 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (14.8 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- Jet Magazine, volume 1, number 1, featuring a full length black and white image of Mrs. Ray Robinson, against a red and white background. Robinson is wearing a full length mink coat, dark gloves, and dark strappy sandals. She is facing the camera in three-quarter view with her PL side forward. Below Robinson’s image is the model’s credit with a caption, in black ink, that reads [Mrs. Ray Robinson / And Her / $10,000 Mink]. The top third of the background to the left of the model is white and has the masthead in black text [JET / THE WEEKLY NEGRO NEWS MAGAZINE]. The right left side of the cover is red white text with the date line and price [15c / Nov. 1, 1951 / A Johnson Publication], the main cover line, [TEN WAYS TO GET / A MINK COAT], and two additional cover lines, [IS BILLY / ECKSTINE / SLIPPING] below the main cover line and [WHY NEGRO SUICIDES ARE INCREASING] running along the bottom edge of the cover. The back cover features a black and white image of Billy Eckstine and his wife, June, drying dishes. This magazine issue is supposed to have sixty-six (66) pages, however ten (10) pages are missing.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Black Press
- Business
- Mass media
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
- Object number
- 2015.122.7.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jet Media Group LLC
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




