Printing plate from the Chicago Defender
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1950
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: The Chicago Defender, American, founded 1905
notes: label: Description
content: A printing plate used by the Chicago Defender. The image on the front of the plate is not visible. There is a lot of corrosion on both the front and back of the plate. There are numbers written in black ink at the top and bottom center of the back of the plate. The numbers on the top are illegible. The numbers on the bottom center are crossed out but reads [512].
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: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: 2012.18.5.64
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)