<I>The Golden Book Picture Atlas of the World, Book 5, Africa</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1960
name: label: Written by
content: Norman Lobsenz, American, 1919 - 2012
label: Edited by
content: Phillip Bacon
label: Illustrated by
content: Ray Pioch
label: Designed by
content: Frances Giannoni
label: Published by
content: Golden Press, Inc., American, founded 1958
label: Printed by
content: Western Printing and Lithographing Company, American, 1907 - 2001
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover copy of Africa: The Golden Book Picture Atlas of The World, Book 5 by Golden Press. The hardcover book is paperboard bound and laminated. The front cover is two shades of two shades of mulberry purple and features a large color topographic illustration of the continent of Africa and the island of Madagascar featured prominently over the bottom two-thirds of the cover. Near Egypt is a small illustration of the Sphinx in profile. Along the west coast of the Africa is an illustration of three men in traditional regalia wearing red calve length skirt wraps, overlaid with a white aprons with black and red patterns. They are also wearing tall headdresses and two are carrying spears. Near the east coast of South Africa is an illustration of a zebra. At the top of the front of the cover is a darker, mulberry field divided into two sections by a white dotted line. Printed in white text of varying sizes on the left is the title and subtitle of the book, [AFRICA / THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE CONTINENT / GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES ? INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE / PEOPLE AND PLACES ? WITH MANY MAPS, FACTS AND FIGURES]. To the right is additional gold and white text that reads, [THE / GOLDEN BOOK / PICTURE / ATLAS / OF THE WORLD / ?Book 5?]. The spine of the book features the series number, subject, and the book title: [5 / AFRICA / The Golden Book PICTURE ATLAS OF THE WORLD]. The publishers name, [GOLDEN / PRESS], is printed at the bottom of the spine below their logo, a winged sphinx. The back of the book is primarily mulberry purple and features a white illustration of a two-dimensional globe. The pastedown paper and flypages are also mulberry purple. A centered blue ink inscription on title page reads [To Hazel & Clay / The Haynes] and [Easter 1961] in top right corner. The interior pages are white with black text and feature color illustrations, color maps, and color photos. The book has 479 pages followed by a page titled [AFRICA-FACTS AND FIGURES].
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home 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 Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.15
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Western 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 (fiber product) with laminated plastic on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 11/16 in. (26.4 × 19 × 1.8 cm)