Jet vol. 3 no. 24
- On View
- Taking the Stage Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Taking the Stage
- Published by
- Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
- Edited by
- Johnson, John Harold, American, 1918 - 2005
- Burns, Ben, American, 1913 - 2002
- Clayton, Edward T., American, 1921 - 1966
- Photograph by
- Jackson, David, American
- Miles, Bertrand Henry, American, 1928 - 2005
- Subject of
- Fitt, Sylvia, American
- Date
- April 23, 1953
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (15.1 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)
- Description
- Jet Magazine, volume 3, number 24, featuring a large black and white image of model Sylvia Fitt, against a blue and white background. Fitt is wearing a long-sleeved turtle-neck shirt. She is facing the camera in three-quarters profile with her proper left side facing forward. The top third of the front cover is the masthead in a white field with blue text with the magazine title, [JET], partially cut off by Fitt's image on the left half. On the right half of the masthead is additional blue text with the dateline and price, [APR. 23, 1953 / 15c / A JOHNSON PUBLICATION], and the coverline [FAMOUS NEGRO / GAMBLERS] below. On the left, center side of the front cover is the main coverline [WHAT MAKES / A GOOD MODEL?] is written in white text. On the right side of front cover, above Fitt’s proper left shoulder, is the model credit, [SYLVIA FITT: / New York housewife / is most-photographed / Negro model in U. S.] in white text. The back cover features a black-and-white advertisement for Joe Louis bourbon. The magazine has sixty-six (66) pages.
- Place printed
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Black Press
- Business
- Mass media
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kathleen M. Kendrick
- Object number
- 2015.64.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jet/ Johnson Publishing Company
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.