<I>Jet vol. 1 no. 9</I>
date: label: Date
content: December 27, 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: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
label: Subject of
content: Marva Baylor, American
label: Subject of
content: Barbara Miller, American
label: Subject of
content: Barbara Comfort, American
notes: label: Description
content: Jet Magazine, volume 1, number 9, featuring a black and white image of singer Lena Horne, against an orange background. Horne is seated, facing forward with her hands on her hips and her proper right shoulder slight back. Horne is wearing a light colored, beaded, strapless dress. Just above Horne’s proper left shoulder is the model’s credit with a caption in white ink, that reads [LENA HORNE: / She rates No. 1 / among the sexiest / Negro women] and the associated cover line running along the bottom of the cover in an orange banner that reads [THE WORLD’S SEXIEST / NEGRO WOMEN] in white type. The top third of the front cover is the mast head in white text [JET / THE WEEKLY NEGRO NEWS MAGAZINE] on the left side and the date line, price and publisher, [Dec. 27, 1951 / A JOHNSON PUBLICATION / 15c], on the right. On the left, center third of the cover page are two cover lines, [NEGROES / WHO GOT / RFC LOANS] and [THE / MYSTERY / OF ALBINOS]. The back cover features a black and white image of three debutants, Barbara Miller, Marva Baylor, and Barbara Comfort, wearing white strapless, dresses and looking into a compact mirror held by Baylor. The image has a caption title that reads [COMING-OUT TIME FOR DEBUTANTES] with a paragraph below about the three debutantes and the associated article in the “Society” section.]. This magazine issue is sixty-six (66) pages.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
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: 2015.122.12
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Johnson Publishing Company, Inc
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 3/4 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (14.6 × 10.6 × 0.3 cm)