<I>As I Saw It, Not Communism But Commonism: A Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for Our Times and for All Times, for America and for All Nations</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1954
name: label: Written by
content: Thomas Elliott Huntley, American, 1903 - 1983
label: Published by
content: Comet Press Books, American
label: Designed by
content: Ronald Fritz
label: Subject of
content: Central Baptist Church, American, founded 1846
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover edition of As I Saw It, Not CommUnism But CommOnism: a Prophetic Appraisal of the Status Quo, a Message for our Times and for all Times, for America and for all Nations, by Thomas Elliott Huntley. It is a cloth-bound book with five groups of sewn bindings and adhesive. The book has a black paper dust jacket with white text and graphics. The title of the book, [AS / I SAW IT / Not CommUnism / But CommOnism], is printed in varying fonts and sizes over the top half of the front cover. The author’s name, [THOMAS ELLIOTT HUNTLEY], is printed and white text in the bottom right corner. The front of the jacket is dominated by a large, abstract illustration of a stemmed, five petal flower with two leaves and a small dove in flight. The jacket spine is black with the authors name, the abbreviated title, and the publisher’s name printed in white text. The back of the jacket is white with black text and includes a two paragraph biography of the author. At the bottom center is the name of the publisher, [COMET PRESS BOOKS ? NEW YORK] printed in black text. The front and back covers and the spine of the book are covered in solid red cloth. The book title, [AS / I SAW IT / Not CommUnism / But CommOnism], is embossed in gilded text on the front. The spine features the authors name, the abbreviated title, and the publisher’s name printed in gilded text. The back cover is plain. The interior pages are white with black text. Contents include a forward, a preface, and five sections. The sections are titled [I Introduction – On Seeing Without Looking and / Looking Without Seeing], [II When Men and Races Meet], [III When the New Comes Through: Or and Impreg-/nated World], and [IV The Birth That is Born]. The book has 146 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.16
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with book cloth (textile material) on cardboard and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 3/4 × 5 3/4 × 1 in. (22.2 × 14.6 × 2.6 cm)