Scrap book about The Jackson 5 compiled by Gail Anderson
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1972
name: label: Compiled by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: The Jackson 5, American, 1964 - 1975
notes: label: Caption
content: Gail Anderson is a New York based designer and partner at Anderson Newton Design. Since 1987, Anderson has worked in the field of design at design firms, advertising agencies, and publications. Her work has received awards from major design organizations, including the Society of Publication Designers and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). In 2008 she received a Lifetime Achievement Medal from the AIGA. Anderson currently works as Creative Director at the School of Visual Arts Press and is on the Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Post Office. In 2013, the US Postal Service commissioned Anderson to design the commemorative stamp for the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Anderson was only the second African American designer tapped to design a commemorative stamp, the first being Georg Olden who designed the Proclamation’s 100th anniversary stamp in 1963.
label: Description
content: A dark green and black marbled cover scrapbook about The Jackson 5 compiled by Gail Anderson as a child. There is a gilt border formed of two parallel rows of doublt gilt lines with tendrils and abstract floral designs at the corners. Etched into the top third of the cover, possibly by a ballpoint pen are the words "SCRAP / BOOK." The interior pages consist of white paper most of which show yellowing and fading. There are thirty pages. Each page is covered both front and back with newspaper and magazine clippings of articles and both black-and-white and color images of the Jackson 5 as a group and the members individually. The clippings are arranged in various configurations enhanced with colored marker and blue and black ink captions and decorations. On the inside of the back cover is the name “Gail Zhalasa [?] Anderson." The back cover is blank.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Child musicians
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Motown (Music)
label: Topic
content: Popular music
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.35
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
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 paper (fiber product) and cardboard with adhesive , plastic , metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 12 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 1 3/8 in. (31.5 × 26.5 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 12 3/8 × 20 9/16 × 1 in. (31.5 × 52.3 × 2.5 cm)