- 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
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




