On View
Making a Way Gallery
Exhibition
Making a Way Out of No Way
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 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)
Description
A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Gifts (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the Wheatley School. The front cover is dark red and features an illustration of a full profile of a silhouetted man. To the right of the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [GIFTS / 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 Two 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 eighty-four (184) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black-and-white images and illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads [To Ralph Akin / with love, / Emma E. Akin].
Place printed
Oklahoma City, 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
2015.214.2
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54d2f6d44-4f49-4d43-ae74-bf8b10ed3adf

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