<I>Ideals and Adventures (The Negro American Series Book Four)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1938
name: label: Published by
content: Harlow Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1915
label: Written by
content: Emma E. Akin, American, 1887 - 1975
label: Photograph by
content: That Man Stone Company, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Dunbar School, American
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition, first printing hardcopy of the Ideals and Adventures (Negro American Series) by Emma E. Akin. The front cover is a green and features a large illustration of an open book with figures emerging from between the pages. The figures include a male painter, a woman wearing a shawl and bonnet, a man in a tricorn hat poised to throw an object, a woman holding an alphabet instruction book, a little girl, and a doctor and nurse. Below the illustration is the title and author printed in black in block text that reads: [IDEALS AND ADVENTURES / EMMA E. AKIN]. The top two thirds of the book spine has the series name and number printed vertically in black text that reads: [Book Four NEGRO AMERICAN SERIES]. The bottom third of the spine is the publisher’s information, printed vertically in black ink, [Harlow]. The back cover is blank. There are two hundred and fifty-one (251) interior pages, which are off-white with black type, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white images and illustrations throughout. There is a handwritten inscription in black ink on the top center of the front flyleaf that reads: [To / Ralph, Darla, and Ralph Akin, Jr. / from your mother / and grandmother / Emma E. Akin].
place: label: Place printed
content: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: United States History
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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, Gift of the Drumright Historical Society Museum, Drumright, Oklahoma
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.214.4
objectType: label: Type
content: books
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 cloth and paper with cardboard and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.1 × 14 cm)