<I>Jet vol. 1 no. 1</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 1, 1951
name: label: Published by
content: Johnson Publishing Company, American, 1942 - 2019
label: Edited by
content: John Harold Johnson, American, 1918 - 2005
label: Edited by
content: Ben Burns, American, 1913 - 2002
label: Edited by
content: Edward T. Clayton, American, 1921 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: Edna Mae Robinson, American, 1915 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Billy Eckstine, American, 1914 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: June Eckstein, American
label: Subject of
content: Sugar Ray Robinson, American, 1921 - 1989
notes: label: Description
content: Jet Magazine, volume 1, number 1, featuring a full length black and white image of Mrs. Ray Robinson, against a red and white background. Robinson is wearing a full length mink coat, dark gloves, and dark strappy sandals. She is facing the camera in three-quarter view with her PL side forward. Below Robinson’s image is the model’s credit with a caption, in black ink, that reads [Mrs. Ray Robinson / And Her / $10,000 Mink]. The top third of the background to the left of the model is white and has the masthead in black text [JET / THE WEEKLY NEGRO NEWS MAGAZINE]. The right left side of the cover is red white text with the date line and price [15c / Nov. 1, 1951 / A Johnson Publication], the main cover line, [TEN WAYS TO GET / A MINK COAT], and two additional cover lines, [IS BILLY / ECKSTINE / SLIPPING] below the main cover line and [WHY NEGRO SUICIDES ARE INCREASING] running along the bottom edge of the cover. The back cover features a black and white image of Billy Eckstine and his wife, June, drying dishes. This magazine issue is supposed to have sixty-six (66) pages, however ten (10) pages are missing.
place: label: Place printed
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
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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, Courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.122.7.1
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jet Media Group LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Closed): 5 13/16 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (14.8 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)