Printing plate of Cortez Peters
date: label: Date
content: December 1942
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Cortez W. Peters Sr., American, 1906 - 1964
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Caption
content: This is printing plate of champion typist Cortez Peters Sr. was featured in an article noting that Peters had donated typewriters to help the government in a drive for the Army and Navy's typewriters for the War effort. Peters was an international speed typing champion who could type more than 160 words per minute. He was also the founder of the Cortez Peters Schools, the first of which he founded in 1938.
label: Description
content: A printing plate of Cortez W. Peters, Sr. He is seated, wearing a suit, in front of typewriter. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [Cortez W. Peters / 1300].
place: label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Chicago Defender Publishing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.18.5.4
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Chicago Defender Publishing Company
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on zinc
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 9/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/16 in. (14.1 × 9.8 × 0.2 cm)