- Published by
- Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
- Written by
- Akin, Emma E., American, 1887 - 1975
- Photograph by
- That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
- Subject of
- Dunbar School, American
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 11/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 14.5 × 1.7 cm)
- Description
- A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Negro Boys and Girls (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the first grade class at Dunbar School (Oklahoma). The front cover is dark blue and features and illustration of four (4) silhouetted children playing in a school yard in front of a school. The child on the far left is holding a string attached to a kite. In the center are two children playing on the ground with a turtle. The fourth child on the far right is skipping rope. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [NEGRO / BOYS AND GIRLS / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads [Book One NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are one hundred and thirty-five (135) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black silhouetted illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads [Here's a "first edition" copy / to my first grandchild, / Ralph Akin Jr. / with love, / Emma E. Akin].
- Place printed
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Children
- Education
- Identity
- Literature
- United States History
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
- Object number
- 2015.214.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




