Printed by
Unidentified
Subject of
Soul City Company, American, 1974 - 1979
McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
United States Department of Commerce, American, founded 1903
Date
1974-1979
Medium
ink on paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
H x W: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in. (27.5 × 21.5 × 0.1 cm)
Description
A promotional pamphlet for Soul City, North Carolina, printed in brown ink on tan paper, with a stapled center binding. The cover features an image of a two story building with two smoke stacks or towers on the right and a tree on the left. The building appears at the center across an oval graphic with vertical lines radiating from the above and below the building. At the top is [SOUL] and at the bottom is [CITY] in large block letters. At the bottom of the page, in the same block lettering, is [THE BOLD ALTERNATIVE]. There are fourteen pages total and the content includes reprinted newspaper articles and additional text about Soul City and the plans for the future. A color, fold-out map illustrating the planned city's infrastructure is in the center of the pamphlet. The back cover has brown text in the lower left corner reading [For further information contact: / Floyd B. McKissick / The Soul City Company / Soul City, North Carolina / The preparation of this document was / financed in part by a contract with / the United States Department of / Commerce, Office of Minority Business / Enterprise].
Place depicted
Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
Type
pamphlets
Topic
Architecture
Black geographies
Business
Communities
Design
Housing
Urban planning
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2019.28.21.2
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5533b21b6-b43d-4c8c-ad92-afaeb16963c9

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