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 A Booker T. Washington School (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This middle school reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the A Booker T. Washington School. The front cover is a yellow and features an illustration of two students, a girl and a boy, walking down a pathway towards a school with their backs to the viewer. The girl is on the left and she is depicted wearing a polka dot dress and carrying books under her proper left arm. She is holding hands with the boy depicted to the right. He is wearing a striped shirt and light shorts and carrying books under his proper right arm. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [A / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON / SCHOOL / 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 Three 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 two hundred and nineteen (219) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, 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: [With love to my favorite / son and his family, / 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
2015.214.3
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b00fc862-b385-4821-95e6-534eba6a43cc

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