<I>Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Written by
content: Walt Whitman, American, 1819 - 1892
label: Written by
content: Walter Lowenfels, American, 1897 - 1976
label: Published by
content: Avenel Books, American
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: 2011.12.52.9a: A copy of Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman with an attached bookmark (2011.12.52.9b). It is a faux, brown leatherbound hardcover book with a sewn binding. The book has brown leather front and back covers and gold leaf text and decorative elements. The title and author of the book, [Selections from / LEAVES / OF / GRASS / BY / WALT / WHITMAN], is centrally printed in gold leaf text inside an ornate gold leaf embossed frame. The frame is rectangular with three thin bands and mirror images of floral flourishes at the top and bottom that frame an egg-shaped urn. Printed in gold leaf on the spine, is another illustration of an egg-shaped urn at the top, the title and author at the center, and a small floral illustration at the bottom. The back cover of the book is plain. The interior of the book has black type on white pages and black-and-white illustrations. There is a handwritten black ink inscription on the front free endpaper in the top left corner that reads [100]. The book features a black-and-white mezzotint etching of Walt Whitman on back side of first page. The book include selected poetry by Whitman. The book has 115 pages.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.52.9b: A wooden bookmark from a copy of Selections from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The bookmark is attached to the interior back cover near the spine with a red string. The bookmark is thin and features a floral lattice cutout at the top, an ink drawing of a bucolic scene featuring mountains, two houses, a tiger, and Chinese characters of the front. Handwritten in black ink below is the number [52] and a series of broken lines. On the back is a series of Chinese characters printed vertically inside a narrow frame. Handwritten in black ink below is the number [22] and a series of broken lines.
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: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Poetry
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: 2011.12.52.9
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: 2011.12.52.9a: ink on paper (fiber product) with leaf (metal) and leather on cardboard
label: Medium
content: 2011.12.52.9b: wood and string (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2011.12.52.9a): 8 1/4 × 5 11/16 × 11/16 in. (20.9 × 14.4 × 1.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (2011.12.52.9b): 5 3/4 × 1/2 in. (14.6 × 1.3 cm)