<I>Negro Boys and Girls (The Negro American Series Book One)</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 Negro Boys and Girls (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. This primary reader presents lessons and stories based on the students in the first grade class at Dunbar School (Oklahoma). The front cover is dark blue and features and illustration of four (4) silhouetted children playing in a school yard in front of a school. The child on the far left is holding a string attached to a kite. In the center are two children playing on the ground with a turtle. The fourth child on the far right is skipping rope. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [NEGRO / BOYS AND GIRLS / 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 One 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 one hundred and thirty-five (135) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, and black silhouetted illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads [Here's a "first edition" copy / to my first grandchild, / Ralph Akin Jr. / with love, / Emma E. Akin].
place: label: Place printed
content: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Drumright, Creek County, 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: 2015.214.1
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 11/16 × 11/16 in. (19.1 × 14.5 × 1.7 cm)