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- Making a Way Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Published by
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Owned by
- Dr. Thompson, Frank F. Sr., American, 1887 - 1964
- Pinderhughes, Julia Thompson, American, 1921 - 2009
- Date
- April 1917
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- An April 1917 issue of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's journal "The Sphinx." The cover has the title at the top: [THE SPHINX]. Below the title, at the center of the cover, is the journal's logo. The logo features a shield within a shield. The interior shield is split in half by a scroll. The left side features a bird and torch and the rights side features a Sphinx. Below the interior shield are the fraternity's letters: [A F A]. Below the logo, text reads: [EVERYBODY'S NUMBER / Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity / APRIL / 1917]. The back cover is blank.
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Frank F. Thompson, Sr., MD
- Object number
- 2015.253.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.