<I>A Booker T. Washington School (The Negro American Series Book Three)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1938
name: label: Published by
content: Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
label: Written by
content: Emma E. Akin, American, 1887 - 1975
label: Photograph by
content: That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Dunbar School, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place printed
content: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: United States History
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.214.3
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)